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Record Number: 12300


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'We began to read with Mr Jeagle[sic] instead of the modern history of the abbe Milliot "The Modern Europe" made I think by Lord Chesterfield'.

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

22 Dec 1791

Country:

Austria

Time

daytime

Place:

city: Wardeck

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reading Group:

Wynne sisters and tutor Mr Jaegle

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Unknown

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Austria

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

Elizabeth (Betsey) and Eugenia Wynne, Mr Jaegle


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Lord Chesterfield

Title:

Modern Europe

Genre:

Unknown

Form of Text:

Print: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

12300

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Anne Fremantle

Title:

The Wynne Diaries

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1935

Vol:

I

Page:

94

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Anne Fremantle (ed.), The Wynne Diaries, (London, 1935), I, p. 94, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12300, accessed: 22 November 2024


Additional Comments:

I have not been able to ascertain what this work is

   
   
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