Record Number: 140
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Dr Delany read his wife an eclectic range of books from Eusebius' "Life of Constantine the Great" to "Peregrine Pickle".'
Century:1700-1799
Date:unknown
Country:unknown
Timen/a
Place:n/a
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:Male
Date of Birth:1685
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer and clergyman
Religion:Church of Ireland
Country of Origin:Ireland
Country of Experience:unknown
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
his wife, Mary Delany
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Peregrine Pickle
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:140
Source:Jacqueline Pearson
Editor:n/a
Title:Women's Reading in Britain 1750-1835. A Dangerous Recreation.
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1999
Vol:n/a
Page:172
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Jacqueline Pearson, Women's Reading in Britain 1750-1835. A Dangerous Recreation., (Cambridge, 1999), p. 172, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=140, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
see Llanover (ed.) "Autobiography and Correspondence of Mrs Delany" Vol. III, pp.137 and/or 162