Record Number: 16099

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

[Mary Shelley's Reading List of her reading in 1819. All are mentioned in journal entries so are not given separate entries here] '2 Vols of Montaigne Forsyths tour Romans de la Chevalerie Vision de Quivedo Clarissa Harlowe The Spectator The Bible as far as the Psalms in latin Twenty books of Livy - making thirty with the ten of last year Lucan's Pharsalia 3 books of Horace Gussman d'Afarache Memoires du Compte de Grammont Lettres de Madme Sevigne'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1819 and 31 Dec 1819

Country:

Italy

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

Mary Shelley

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

30 Aug 1797

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Italy

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Samuel Richardson

Title:

Clarissa; or, the History of a Young Lady

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

16099

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Paula R. Feldman

Title:

The Journals of Mary Shelley 1814-1844

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1987

Vol:

I

Page:

304

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Paula R. Feldman (ed.), The Journals of Mary Shelley 1814-1844, (Oxford, 1987), I, p. 304, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16099, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

Additional editor Diana Scott-Kilvert