Record Number: 32237

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Whilst I was abroad the proof-sheets of "the Descent of Man" were sent out to me to read.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Until: 1870

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:

Reader:

Henrietta Litchfield

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

n/a

Occupation:

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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:

Charles Darwin

Title:

The Descent of Man

Genre:

Science, Natural history

Form of Text:

Print: Page proofs

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

32237

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:

196

Additional Comments:

Editorial comment by Henrietta Litchfield, daughter of Charles Darwin (1870)

Citation:

Henrietta Litchfield (ed.), Emma Darwin: A Century of Family Letters, 1792-1896, (New York, 1915), 2, p. 196, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32237, accessed: 19 February 2025

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Additional Comments:

None