Record Number: 4080

---

Reading Experience:

Evidence:

"This minute I hear a carman is going to Navan, and I hasten to send you the Cottagers of Glenburnie, which I hope you will like as well as I do. I think it will do a vast deal of good to you, and besides it is extremely interesting, which all good books are not: it has great powers, both comic and tragic."

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

1809

Country:

Ireland

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

---

Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Maria Edgeworth

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1767

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

Christian (Church of England)

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Ireland

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

---

Text Being Read:

Author:

Elizabeth Hamilton

Title:

The Cottages of Glenburnie

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Edinburgh, 1808

Provenance

owned

---

Source Information:

Record ID:

4080

Source:

Print

Author:

Maria Edgeworth

Editor:

Augustus J. C. Hare

Title:

The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth

Place of Publication:

London: Edward Arnold

Date of Publication:

1894 (2 vols)

Vol:

vol 1

Page:

160

Additional Comments:

Letter to Mrs Ruxton (2/2/1809).

Citation:

Maria Edgeworth, Augustus J. C. Hare (ed.), The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, (London: Edward Arnold, 1894 (2 vols)), vol 1, p. 160, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4080, accessed: 22 November 2024

---

Additional Comments:

None