Record Number: 14057

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Read Clarendon - finish the life of Holcroft - read Glenarvon in the evening'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

2 Oct 1816

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Bath
specific address: 5 Abbey Churchyard

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:

writer

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:

Edward Hyde, First Earl of Clarendon

Title:

The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, begun in the year 1641; ed. with fourth volume, The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in Ireland

Genre:

History

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

pprobably 1816 edition

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

14057

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:

138

Additional Comments:

Additional editor, Diana Scott-Kilvert

Citation:

Paula R. Feldman (ed.), The Journals of Mary Shelley 1814-1844, (Oxford, 1987), I, p. 138, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=14057, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None