Record Number: 3035

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

[Letter to Sibbella Maclean, dated August 18 1824] I should have marked, and doubtless, have done so in my little edition at home (got another directly), the very lines youmention. I have also marked the following, "Celestil happiness! Where e'er she stoops / To visit earth, one shrine the goddess finds" [Night II, ll.516-17]

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

18 Aug 1824

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

location in dwelling: home

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 land and industrial property at Shibden Hall, near Halifax, Yorks. [inherits 1824]

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:

Edward Young

Title:

The Complaint: Night Thoughts on Life, Death, and

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

3035

Source:

Print

Author:

M Green

Editor:

n/a

Title:

A Spirited Yorkshirewoman

Place of Publication:

n/a

Date of Publication:

1939

Vol:

n/a

Page:

193

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

M Green, A Spirited Yorkshirewoman, (1939), p. 193, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3035, accessed: 21 December 2024

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Additional Comments:

None