Record Number: 12610
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'The Day was beautifull and I enjoyed the sweetness of the weather in riding walking and sitting out in the fields with a book - "Charles Grandisson" I am but at the second volume much amuses me I have begun to read also in English Robertsons history of America and Blairs lectures on Rhetoric and belles lettres - We have bought these books at Basle where they are well printed and cheap'.
Century:1700-1799
Date:27 Feb 1793
Country:Austria
Timedaytime
Place:city: Wardeck
other location: out in the fields
(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:Child (0-17)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:1779
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:n/a
Religion:Catholic
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Austria
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Philosophy
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailspossibly a Swiss edition
Provenanceowned
bought at Basle
Source Information:
Record ID:12610
Source:n/a
Editor:Anne Fremantle
Title:The Wynne Diaries
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1935
Vol:I
Page:192-3
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Anne Fremantle (ed.), The Wynne Diaries, (London, 1935), I, p. 192-3, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12610, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
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