Record Number: 8526

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Felicia Hemans to James Simpson, 22 October 1819: 'I have been much interested in the perusal of a work sent me some time since by Mr. Murray, the memoirs of the late Mrs Brunton, and her beautiful though unfinished tale of "Emmeline."'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1819 and 22 Oct 1819

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:

Felicia Hemans

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

25 Sep 1793

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

Church of England

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:

Dr Alexander Brunton

Title:

Memoir of Mary Brunton

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Biography, Autobiog / Diary

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Included in Mary Brunton, Emmeline: With Some Other Pieces (London: John Murray , 1819)

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

8526

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Susan J. Wolfson

Title:

Felicia Hemans: Selected Poems, Letters, Reception Materials

Place of Publication:

Princeton

Date of Publication:

2000

Vol:

n/a

Page:

482

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Susan J. Wolfson (ed.), Felicia Hemans: Selected Poems, Letters, Reception Materials, (Princeton, 2000), p. 482, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=8526, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None