Record Number: 27838
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'[Lord Lyttleton] presented me with the works of Miss Aikin (now Mrs Barbauld). I read them with rapture; I thought them the most beautiful Poems I had ever seen, and considered the woman who could invent such poetry, as the most to be envied of human creatures.'
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between 1 Jan 1773 and 31 Dec 1776
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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:Unknown
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:27 Nov 1758
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Lawyer's wife
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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: Title:Poems
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1773
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:27838
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Editor:M. J. Levy
Title:Perdita. The Memoirs of Mary Robinson
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1994
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Page:54-55
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
M. J. Levy (ed.), Perdita. The Memoirs of Mary Robinson, (London, 1994), p. 54-55, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=27838, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
Lyttleton, described by Robinson as 'perhaps the most accomplished libertine that any age or country has produced,' was a friend of her husband's, who was attempting to seduce her.