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received the unexpected opportunity to study at the Rev. Isaac Perry
's School in her home town of Norwich. While there she discovered her hearing impairment.
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Martineau, Harriet. “Introduction and Editorial Materials”. Selected Letters, edited by Valerie Sanders, Clarendon Press, 1990, pp. vii - xxxiii, 235.