Record Number: 22842
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'For Sublimity & at the same time Familiarity with Life Nothing strikes one more than Clarendon's Account of the Fire of London - De Foe's Plague is still stronger but that is a Romance'.
Century:1700-1799
Date:Until: 30 Apr 1778
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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:27 Jan 1741
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
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Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:Wales
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author:Edward Hyde, 1st earl of Clarendon
Title:Continuation of the Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon
Genre:History
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:22842
Source:Hester Lynch Thrale
Editor:Katharine C. Balderston
Title:Thraliana
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1951
Vol:I
Page:248
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Hester Lynch Thrale, Katharine C. Balderston (ed.), Thraliana, (Oxford, 1951), I, p. 248, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=22842, accessed: 22 November 2024
Additional Comments:
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