Record Number: 9214
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I have been unexpectedly interested - unexpectedly as to degree - in my old friend Babbage's "Passages in the Life &c". I dare say you read it, and half forgot it, months or years ago. I did not like the look of it in the notices I saw: but I let it come in the Mudie box; and I have been almost terribly interested in it... His face and voice come back with a painful vividness while I read... Some tremendous glimpses in this book are like inspiration...'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Until: 2 Mar 1866
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Ambleside
county: Cumbria
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:12 Jun 1802
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:writer
Religion:Unitarian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Passages from the Life of a Philosopher
Genre:Autobiog / Diary
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
ProvenanceBorrowed (circulating library)
Mudies
Source Information:
Record ID:9214
Source:Harriet Martineau
Editor:Elisabeth Sanders Arbuckle
Title:Harriet Martineau's Letters to Fanny Wedgwood
Place of Publication:Stanford
Date of Publication:1983
Vol:n/a
Page:266
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Harriet Martineau, Elisabeth Sanders Arbuckle (ed.), Harriet Martineau's Letters to Fanny Wedgwood, (Stanford, 1983), p. 266, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=9214, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
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