Record Number: 15174

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Monday Sept. 19th. Rise late [...] Read the Curse of Kehama & Emile [...] Read the [S]orcerer & Political Justice. Admire the Sorcerer very much'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

19 Sep 1814

Country:

England

Time

daytime

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:

Claire Clairmont

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

27 Apr 1798

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

trainee writer

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Title:

Emile: Ou de l'education

Genre:

Fiction, Education

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

First published 1762

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

15174

Source:

Print

Author:

Claire Clairmont

Editor:

Marion Kingston Stocking

Title:

The Journals of Claire Clairmont

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Date of Publication:

1968

Vol:

n/a

Page:

44

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Claire Clairmont, Marion Kingston Stocking (ed.), The Journals of Claire Clairmont, (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1968), p. 44, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=15174, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

Square brackets in evidence indicate missing letters supplied by source editor.