Record Number: 16893

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I am very much obliged to you for the books - I still keep the O'Hara Tales, not having quite finished them - I certainly exonerate the Anglo Irish from the charge of impropriety - but I do not think it as clever as the Nowlans' [letter to ? Charles Ollier]

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Until: 20 Oct 1828

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London
specific address: Park Cottage, Paddington

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:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

John Banim

Title:

Tales by the O'Hara Family

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (other)
borrowed, probably from Charles Ollier

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Source Information:

Record ID:

16893

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Betty T. Bennett

Title:

The Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Place of Publication:

Baltimore / London

Date of Publication:

1983

Vol:

II

Page:

63

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Betty T. Bennett (ed.), The Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, (Baltimore / London, 1983), II, p. 63, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16893, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

Additional author Michael Banim; the volume was published under the pseudonyms Barnes and Abel O'Hara