Record Number: 25706

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Harriet Cavendish to unknown recipient (c.1796): 'G. is very much interested in the "black penitent" and is now reading it in the window in mamma's little room.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1796 and 31 Dec 1796

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

Lady Georgina Cavendish

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1783

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

n/a

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:

Title:

'the black penitent'

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

25706

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Sir George Leveson Gower and Iris Palmer

Title:

Hary-o: The Letters of Harriet Cavendish 1796-1809

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1940

Vol:

n/a

Page:

3

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Sir George Leveson Gower and Iris Palmer (ed.), Hary-o: The Letters of Harriet Cavendish 1796-1809, (London, 1940), p. 3, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=25706, accessed: 28 September 2024

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Additional Comments:

Year of birth approximate (reader stated in source as having been thirteen years old in 1796; see p.1).