Record Number: 22525
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Baretti used to read here with vast Avidity - do you remember all you read said I one day - Scarce a word replyed Baretti but it produces a general Effect: if you dip your Hand into the Tub at the Door, you gather up no Water but your Hand remains wet.'
Century:1700-1799
Date:Until: 28 May 1777
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:specific address: Streatham Park
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:Male
Date of Birth:24 Apr 1719
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:critic
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:Italy
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:n/a
Genre:Unknown
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceread in situ
read at the home of the Thrales
Source Information:
Record ID:22525
Source:Hester Lynch Thrale
Editor:Katharine C. Balderston
Title:Thraliana
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1951
Vol:I
Page:47
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Hester Lynch Thrale, Katharine C. Balderston (ed.), Thraliana, (Oxford, 1951), I, p. 47, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=22525, accessed: 27 September 2024
Additional Comments:
None