Record Number: 30239
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Thank goodness I have nearly finished [Stanley's] ''Darkest Africa'' and it must be the most tiresome book in the world, so confused and diffuse, with immense long conversations verbatim that end in nothing.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Nov 1890 and 31 Nov 1890
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:Gentry
Occupation:n/a
Religion:Unitarian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:In Darkest Africa: Or the Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governer of Equatoria.
Genre:Geography / Travel
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsLondon, 1890
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:30239
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:290
Additional Comments:
Letter from Emma Darwin to her daughter Henrietta. November, 1890.
Citation:
Henrietta Litchfield (ed.), Emma Darwin: A Century of Family Letters, 1792-1896, (New York, 1915), 2, p. 290, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30239, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
None