Record Number: 13489

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'read some of Kirke White's letters - slavish beyond all measure - begin History of the West Indies by Bryan Edwards'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

29 Dec 1814

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

city: London

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:

Mary Godwin

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

30 Aug 1797

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

later Mary Shelley

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Bryan Edwards

Title:

The history, civil and commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies

Genre:

History, Geography / Travel

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

13489

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Paula R. Feldman

Title:

The Journals of Mary Shelley 1814-1844

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1987

Vol:

I

Page:

56

Additional Comments:

Additional editor: Diana Scott-Kilvert

Citation:

Paula R. Feldman (ed.), The Journals of Mary Shelley 1814-1844, (Oxford, 1987), I, p. 56, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=13489, accessed: 21 December 2024

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Additional Comments:

None