Record Number: 12279

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I know you will pitty Poore Amestris strangly when you have read her Stoory[.] i'le swear I cryed for her when I read it first though shee were an imaginary person, and sure if any thing of that kinde can deserve it her misfortunes may.'

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

Sep 1653

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

county: Bedfordshire
specific address: Chicksands Priory

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:

Dorothy Osborne

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1627

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

Anglican

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:

Madeleine de Scudery

Title:

Artamene; ou, Le Grand Cyrus

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: BookManuscript: Letter

Publication Details

first published in 1645-53

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

12279

Source:

Print

Author:

Dorothy Osborne

Editor:

Kenneth Parker

Title:

Letters to Sir William Temple

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1987

Vol:

n/a

Page:

125

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Dorothy Osborne, Kenneth Parker (ed.), Letters to Sir William Temple, (London, 1987), p. 125, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12279, accessed: 18 July 2024

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Additional Comments:

None