Record Number: 12280
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'the Storry [of Philemon and Baucis] pleases mee, none in Ovide soe much. I remember I cryed when I read it, mee thought they were the perfectest Characters of a con[ten]ted marriage . . .'
Century:1600-1699
Date:Between 1 Sep 1653 and 30 Sep 1653
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:county: Bedfordshire
specific address: Chicksands Priory
(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: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:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Metamorphoses
Genre:Classics, Fiction
Form of Text:Print: BookManuscript: Letter
Publication DetailsA translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses was first published in 1626, and a copy of a 1632 edition with the signature 'D. Osborne' has been noted.
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:12280
Source:Dorothy Osborne
Editor:Kenneth Parker
Title:Letters to Sir William Temple
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1987
Vol:n/a
Page:164-65
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Dorothy Osborne, Kenneth Parker (ed.), Letters to Sir William Temple, (London, 1987), p. 164-65, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12280, accessed: 27 September 2024
Additional Comments:
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