Record Number: 437

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Read part of 'Fair Gilt' by Mrs Behn.

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

25 Aug 1727

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:

Gertrude Savile

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

22 Jan 1697

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

sister of George, 7th Baronet Savile,Lord of Rufford, from whom she gained an allowance

Religion:

Protestant

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:

Aphra Behn

Title:

All the Histories and Novels of the Late Ingenious

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

437

Source:

Print

Author:

Gertrude Savile

Editor:

Alan Savile

Title:

Secret Comment: The Diaries of Gertrude Savile, 1721-1757

Place of Publication:

Notthingham

Date of Publication:

1997

Vol:

n/a

Page:

55

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Gertrude Savile, Alan Savile (ed.), Secret Comment: The Diaries of Gertrude Savile, 1721-1757, (Notthingham, 1997), p. 55, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=437, accessed: 25 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None