Record Number: 12541
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I read over your Homer here with an infinite pleasure, and find several little passages explained, that I did not before entirely comprehend the beauty of...It would be too tedious to you to point out all the passages that relate to present customs.'
Century:1700-1799
Date:Until: 1 Apr 1717
Country:Turkey
Timen/a
Place:city: Adrianople
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:26 May 1689
Socio-Economic Group:Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation:Daughter of the fifth Earl of Kingston upon Hull. Wife of the British ambassador to Constantinople.
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Turkey
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
nee Lady Mary Pierrepoint. Known by this name until her 1712 marriage to Edward Wortley Montagu.
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Iliad
Genre:Classics, Poetry
Form of Text:Unknown
Publication DetailsPope's translation of the Iliad appeared 1715-1720.
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:12541
Source:Mary, Lady Wortley Montagu
Editor:R. Brimley Johnson
Title:Letters from the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu 1709 to 1762
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1906
Vol:n/a
Page:119
Additional Comments:
Letter from Wortley Montagu to Alexander Pope. Taken from the Kessinger Publishing Reprint of 1906 edition published by J.M.Dent.
Citation:
Mary, Lady Wortley Montagu, R. Brimley Johnson (ed.), Letters from the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu 1709 to 1762, (London, 1906), p. 119, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12541, accessed: 21 December 2024
Additional Comments:
Letter written whilst Wortley Montagu was in Adrianople.
