Record Number: 15918
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Saturday October 1st. [...] Begin Voltaire's Life of Charles XII. [...] Read Tarlton to Johnny in the Evening. [...] 'Sunday [...] October 2nd. read the life of Charles the XII. [...] 'Monday [...] October 3rd. [...] Finish reading Charles XII.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Oct 1825 and 3 Oct 1825
Country:Russia
Timen/a
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:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Histoire de Charles XII, roi de Suede
Genre:History, Biography, Politics
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsProvenance
unknown
Source Information:
Record ID:15918
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:362
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Claire Clairmont, Marion Kingston Stocking (ed.), The Journals of Claire Clairmont, (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1968), p. 362, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=15918, accessed: 29 September 2024
Additional Comments:
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