Record Number: 9832
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Harriet Martineau, Journal, 16 January 1838: 'Wrote notes and letters, and then sat down to read Smedley. What a tale of privation and suffering! total deafness first, -- then gradual incapacity of every sort [...] He was a hack writer and small poet.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:16 Jan 1838
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(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:[Work on/by Smedley]
Genre:Poetry, Biography
Form of Text:Print: Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:9832
Source:Harriet Martineau
Editor:n/a
Title:Harriet Martineau's Autobiography with Memorials by Maria Weston Chapman
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1877
Vol:3
Page:217
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Harriet Martineau, Harriet Martineau's Autobiography with Memorials by Maria Weston Chapman, (London, 1877), 3, p. 217, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=9832, accessed: 28 September 2024
Additional Comments:
Not clear whether Smedley author or subject of work read.