Record Number: 3021

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

' At 2.30 went out to the library [..]Subscribed for a month [...] Came up to bed at 9.35. Sat up reading the first 79pp and several pages at the end of Amelie Mansfield. The story interesting. How poor the language after that of Rousseau.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

9 Aug 1825

Country:

England

Time

evening: After 9.35 pm

Place:

location in dwelling: bed

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:

Anne Lister

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

3 Apr 1791

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

Inherited a small estate

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:

Mme Marie-Sophie Cottin

Title:

Amelie Mansfield

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

Borrowed (circulating library)

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Source Information:

Record ID:

3021

Source:

Print

Author:

Anne Lister

Editor:

Helena Whitbread

Title:

No Priest But Love- The Journals of Anne Lister From 1824-1826

Place of Publication:

Otley

Date of Publication:

1992

Vol:

n/a

Page:

114

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Anne Lister, Helena Whitbread (ed.), No Priest But Love- The Journals of Anne Lister From 1824-1826, (Otley, 1992), p. 114, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3021, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None