Record Number: 29800

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I am reading his [Charles Darwin's] ''Journal'' after a long interval.It gives me a sort of companionship with him which makes me feel happy- only there are so many questions I want to ask.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Until: Oct 1885

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

Cambridge
Down House

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Emma Darwin

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

2 May 1808

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

n/a

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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Charles Darwin

Title:

Journal

Genre:

Autobiog / Diary, Geography / Travel, Natural history

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Journal

Publication Details

Unpublished at time of reading experience

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

29800

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

272

Additional Comments:

Letter from Emma Darwin to her daughter Henrietta, October 1885.

Citation:

Henrietta Litchfield (ed.), Emma Darwin: A Century of Family Letters, 1792-1896, (New York, 1915), 2, p. 272, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29800, accessed: 19 February 2025

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Additional Comments:

None