Record Number: 2901
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Monday 21 December 1801: 'When we were at Thomas Ashburner's on Sunday Peggy talked about the [drunken] Queen of Patterdale ... We sate snugly round the fire. I read to them the Tale of Custance and the Syrian monarch, also some of the Prologues. It is the Man of Lawe's tale.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:21 Dec 1801
Country:England
Timeevening
Place:n/a
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: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
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Prologues from the Canterbury Tales
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:2901
Source:Dorothy Wordsworth
Editor:Helen Darbishire
Title:Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1958
Vol:n/a
Page:96
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Dorothy Wordsworth, Helen Darbishire (ed.), Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, (London, 1958), p. 96, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=2901, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
Not clear whether account of reading refers to previous Sunday at Ashburners', or to evening of Tuesday 21 December (at Dove Cottage?)