Record Number: 32050

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'After tea he reads to us aloud some German stories translated by Gillies...'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Until: 28 Nov 1826

Country:

n/a

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

Listener:

Elizabeth Wedgwood

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1764

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

R. P. Gillies

Title:

German Stories, selected from the works of Hoffman, De La Motte Fouque,Pichler, Kruse and others.

Genre:

Fiction, Miscellany / Anthology

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1826

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

32050

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:

186

Additional Comments:

Letter from Elizabeth Wedgwood to her husband Josiah, 28 Nov. 1826.

Citation:

Henrietta Litchfield (ed.), Emma Darwin: A Century of Family Letters, 1792-1896, (New York, 1915), 1, p. 186, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32050, accessed: 21 December 2024

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Additional Comments:

None