Record Number: 15175
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
Timen/a
Place:city: London
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: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
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Sorcerer: A Tale from the German
Genre:Fiction, Astrology / alchemy / occult
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsFirst published 1795
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:15175
Source: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:
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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=15175, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
Square brackets in evidence indicate missing letters supplied by source editor. Source editor suggests Robert Huish as translator (from German) of text read; see p.44 n.56. Veit Weber pseudonym of George Philipp Waechter.