Record Number: 32146

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I found him in ecstasy over your husband's book. He said it was the most attractive reading he had met with; that notwithstanding his ignorance of natural history he found the greatest interest in it...'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Until: 26 Jun 1840

Country:

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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:

J.C.L. Sismondi

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

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

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Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Charles Darwin

Title:

Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited during the voyage of the HMS Beagle round the world

Genre:

Geography / Travel, Natural history

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

32146

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:

56

Additional Comments:

Letter from Jessie Sismondi to her niece Emma Darwin, 26 June 1840

Citation:

Henrietta Litchfield (ed.), Emma Darwin: A Century of Family Letters, 1792-1896, (New York, 1915), 2, p. 56, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32146, accessed: 19 February 2025

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Additional Comments:

None