Record Number: 18362
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Read some Italian letters of Gallileo's [sic] and Raphael's, more for the names of the writers than the matter of the letters. How dull they are! how many letters written by less extraordinary persons, are ten thousand times more interesting'.
Century:1800-1849
Date:21 Feb 1815
Country:France
Timen/a
Place:city: Nice
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:18 Feb 1775
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:Lady-in-waiting
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:France
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[letters]
Genre:Letters
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsin Italian
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:18362
Source:Charlotte Bury
Editor:A. Francis Steuart
Title:Diary of a Lady-in-Waiting, The
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1908
Vol:I
Page:305
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Charlotte Bury, A. Francis Steuart (ed.), Diary of a Lady-in-Waiting, The, (London, 1908), I, p. 305, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18362, accessed: 30 September 2024
Additional Comments:
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