Record Number: 29400
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
[Letter]
'I have got ''Mr Hogarth's Will'', and find it too dull, so we have only Hepworth Dixon's ''America'' and old Jesse's ''George III.'', which is comfortable enough.'
1850-1899
Date:Between Apr 1867 and Oct 1867
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:2 May 1808
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Wife and mother
Religion:Unitarian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Mr Hogarth's Will
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsLondon: Richard Bentley, 1865, 3 vols.
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:29400
Source:n/a
Editor:Henrietta Litchfield
Title:Emma Darwin: A Century of Family Letters, 1792-1896
Place of Publication:New York
Date of Publication:1915
Vol:2
Page:187
Additional Comments:
Letter from Emma Darwin to her daughter Henrietta. [summer, 1867]
Citation:
Henrietta Litchfield (ed.), Emma Darwin: A Century of Family Letters, 1792-1896, (New York, 1915), 2, p. 187, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29400, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
It is unclear if the latter two books constitute reading experiences. Note of the editor: 'The books she mentions would be those on hand for reading aloud. As a rule they liked one novel and one serious book, travels, memoirs, or something historical... they were always chosen with a view to relaxing my father'.