Record Number: 15179

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Saturday Sept. 17th. [...] Shelley reads aloud the Curse of Kehama.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

17 Sep 1814

Country:

England

Time

n/a

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:

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

4 Aug 1792

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

atheist

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

Claire Clairmont Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Robert Southey

Title:

The Curse of Kehama

Genre:

Fiction, Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

First published 1810

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

15179

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=15179, accessed: 22 December 2024

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Additional Comments:

None