Record Number: 32044

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Miss Owen began the 'Mysteries of Udolpho'... but Mrs Owen thought it would take her up so much that...she gave her a shilling to put off reading it till she went home, and gave her 'Guy Mannering' and the 'Romance of the Forest' to read meanwhile.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Nov 1820 and 30 Nov 1820

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Time

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Place:

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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:

Owen

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

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Date of Birth:

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Socio-Economic Group:

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Occupation:

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Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

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Country of Experience:

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Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Ann Radcliffe

Title:

The Mysteries of Udolpho

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

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Provenance

n/a

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Source Information:

Record ID:

32044

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:

1

Page:

139

Additional Comments:

Letter from Elzabeth Wedgwood to her aunt Fanny Allen, 30. Nov. 1820

Citation:

Henrietta Litchfield (ed.), Emma Darwin: A Century of Family Letters, 1792-1896, (New York, 1915), 1, p. 139, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32044, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None