Record Number: 15913
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Sunday September 25th. [...] After breakfast [...] the newspapers were put by Catherine Ivanovna into my hand -- I glanced over them hastily as is my custom to see if there is anything about Greece. I saw my dear friend [Trelawny]'s name; I did not dare to read, yet notwithstanding with a horrible feeling of dread & yet hope -- I read -- that he was well [after being wounded in duel] and still in his cavern [...] I went then instantly into the garden and sat myself on the balcony to enjoy all the fullness of my happiness.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:25 Sep 1825
Country:Russia
Timemorning
Place:city: Islavsky
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: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
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:newspaper
Genre:Reference / General works
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:15913
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:358-359
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Claire Clairmont, Marion Kingston Stocking (ed.), The Journals of Claire Clairmont, (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1968), p. 358-359, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=15913, accessed: 28 September 2024
Additional Comments:
See also p.353 and n.61 in source for further background detail on this reading experience.
