Record Number: 2860

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Thursday 20 August 1800: 'Read Wallenstein and sent it off ...'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

21 Aug 1800

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:

Dorothy Wordsworth

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

25 Dec 1771

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

Church of England

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:

Friedrich von Schiller

Title:

Wallenstein (in translation by S. T. Coleridge)

Genre:

Drama, Poetry

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Sheet

Publication Details

DW read the translation by S.T. Coleridge

Provenance

borrowed (other)
borrowed from the author

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Source Information:

Record ID:

2860

Source:

Print

Author:

Dorothy Wordsworth

Editor:

Helen Darbishire

Title:

Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1958

Vol:

n/a

Page:

47

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Dorothy Wordsworth, Helen Darbishire (ed.), Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, (London, 1958), p. 47, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=2860, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None