Record Number: 30228
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'We read aloud one of the ''New Arabian Nights'' you mention, which is very amusing ... I particularly admire the ending of the bandbox story...'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Until: Jul 1888
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
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
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:New Arabian Nights
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsLondon:Chatto & Windus, 1882
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:30228
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:280
Additional Comments:
Letter from Emma Darwin to her daughter Henrietta. July, 1888.
Citation:
Henrietta Litchfield (ed.), Emma Darwin: A Century of Family Letters, 1792-1896, (New York, 1915), 2, p. 280, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30228, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
Emma Darwin may also have been the listener.