Record Number: 5462

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'[Has heard story of Wellington] Is not this like the Irish Nurse in Ennui [this word underlined]? Emma told me when I said so, that it had struck her directly.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1811 and 1 Oct 1811

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

location in dwelling: home

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:

Sarah Harriet Burney

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

29 Aug 1772

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

governess

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Maria Edgeworth

Title:

Tales of Fashionable Life

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

5462

Source:

Print

Author:

Sarah Harriet Burney

Editor:

Lorna J. Clark

Title:

The Letters of Sarah Harriet Burney

Place of Publication:

Athens, London

Date of Publication:

1997

Vol:

n/a

Page:

141

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Sarah Harriet Burney, Lorna J. Clark (ed.), The Letters of Sarah Harriet Burney, (Athens, London, 1997), p. 141, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5462, accessed: 21 December 2024

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Additional Comments:

None