Record Number: 4241

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

?Here Hayley kept his books and manuscripts and the choicest pieces of his famous collection of Chinese porcelain. The walls were adorned with prints and drawings, and here also hung many paintings by Hayley?s friend George Romney. In this quiet room Mr Hayley and Mrs Opie would spend some hours together reading aloud, sometimes from a manuscript of Hayley?s or sometimes from one of Amelia?s tales.?

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

unknown

Country:

England

Time

morning

Place:

city: Felpham
other location: Hayley's library

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Amelia Opie

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

12 Nov 1769

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Father was a physician

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

Presbyterian/ Quaker 1825 onwards

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

William Hayley

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

William Hayley

Title:

n/a

Genre:

Fiction, Drama, Poetry, Biography

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Plays

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

4241

Source:

Print

Author:

Jacobine Menzies-Wilson Helen Lloyd

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Amelia: the tale of a plain friend

Place of Publication:

London: Open University Press

Date of Publication:

1937

Vol:

n/a

Page:

160

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Jacobine Menzies-Wilson Helen Lloyd, Amelia: the tale of a plain friend, (London: Open University Press, 1937), p. 160, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4241, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None