Record Number: 15893

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'[Tuesday] May 12-24th [...] Early in the morning I read Madame Roland [...] 'Wednesday May 13th.-25th [...] Finish the Memoirs of Madame Roland.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

24 May 1825

Country:

Russia

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Moscow

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:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

27 Apr 1798

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Governess

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Russia

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Saint Albin Berville and Jean Francois Barriere

Title:

Memoires de Madame Roland

Genre:

History, Biography, Politics

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

15893

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:

305-07

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Claire Clairmont, Marion Kingston Stocking (ed.), The Journals of Claire Clairmont, (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1968), p. 305-07, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=15893, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

Journal entry gives both Old Style and New Style (Gregorian calendar) Russian dates, with New appearing second.