Record Number: 1477
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Dorothy Wordsworth to Catherine Clarkson, 12 May 1811: 'We have had no leisure for reading. I have not opened a Book except on a Sunday, and when the rest of the family were in bed ... the only book which I have read through has been Beaver's account of the disastrous Expedition to Bulama. I suppose you have read his book as it concerns Africa and the Slave Trade.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jan 1811 and 31 Dec 1811
Country:England
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:Female
Date of Birth:25 Dec 1771
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:writer
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:African Memoranda: relative to an attempt to establish a British Settlement on the Western Coast of Africa in the Year 1792
Genre:Geography / Travel, Politics
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsLondon, 1805
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:1477
Source:William and Dorothy Wordsworth
Editor:Ernest De Selincourt
Title:The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth: The Middle Years 1806-1811
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1969
Vol:1
Page:486
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
William and Dorothy Wordsworth, Ernest De Selincourt (ed.), The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth: The Middle Years 1806-1811, (Oxford, 1969), 1, p. 486, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=1477, accessed: 25 November 2024
Additional Comments:
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