Record Number: 27967

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'With the accomplished and honourable family of the Kembles [Elizabeth Inchbald] was long on terms of close intimacy. While her husband painted, she and John Philip Kemble read. On Sundays, if they were not near a Catholic chapel, it was she or her husband who read Mass to their visitor [Philip Kemble], who listened with due humility.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

unknown

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:

Reading Group:

Elizabeth Inchbald and husband

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Unknown

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer / actress; artist

Religion:

Roman Catholic

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

John Philip Kemble

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

[Roman Catholic] Mass

Genre:

Other religious

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

27967

Source:

Print

Author:

Julia Kavanagh

Editor:

n/a

Title:

English Women of Letters: Biographical Sketches

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1863

Vol:

2

Page:

28

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Julia Kavanagh, English Women of Letters: Biographical Sketches, (London, 1863), 2, p. 28, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=27967, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

Inchbald's husband died in 1779.