Record Number: 7040

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Delighted with some of her husband's letters, [Mrs Barlow] has exultingly shewn them to me; and, though I took care not to let her see it, I was almost disgusted with the tender passages which afforded her so much satisfaction, because they were turned so prettily that they looked more like the cold ingenuity of the head than the warm overflowings of the heart.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Between 1 Jun 1792 and 30 Jun 1792

Country:

England

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:

Mary Wollstonecraft

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

27 Apr 1759

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

governess then writer

Religion:

unknown

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:

Mr Barlow

Title:

[letters to his wife]

Genre:

letters

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Letter

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ
shown by Mrs Barlow

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Source Information:

Record ID:

7040

Source:

Print

Author:

Mary Wollstonecraft

Editor:

Ralph M. Wardle

Title:

Collected Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft

Place of Publication:

New York

Date of Publication:

1979

Vol:

n/a

Page:

211-12

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Mary Wollstonecraft, Ralph M. Wardle (ed.), Collected Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft, (New York, 1979), p. 211-12, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=7040, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

Letter from Mary Wollstonecraft to Everina Wollstonecraft, June 1792