Record Number: 22486
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'My Father had made me translate the Life of Cervantes prefixed to Don Quixote from the Spanish by way of exercise when I was learning that Language in December 1756 or January 1757 I forget which'
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between 1 Dec 1756 and 31 Jan 1757
Country:n/a
Timen/a
Place:n/a
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:Child (0-17)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:27 Jan 1741
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:n/a
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:Wales
Country of Experience:n/a
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
later Mrs Thrale
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Life of Cervantes
Genre:Biography
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsin Spanish; prefixed to an edition of 'Don Quixote'
Provenanceowned
her father's
Source Information:
Record ID:22486
Source:Hester Lynch Thrale
Editor:Katharine C. Balderston
Title:Thraliana
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1951
Vol:I
Page:3
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Hester Lynch Thrale, Katharine C. Balderston (ed.), Thraliana, (Oxford, 1951), I, p. 3, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=22486, accessed: 27 July 2024
Additional Comments:
None