Record Number: 6058

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

"In 1617 the Countess [of Dorset, Pembroke, and Montgomery] noted recreational books that she was reading: "'Began to have Mr. Sandy's book read to me about the Government of the Turks. "'Rivers used to read to me in Montaigne's Plays [Essays] and Moll Neville in the Fairy Queen. "'I sat and read much in the Turkish History and Chaucer. "'The 12th and 13th I spent most of the time in playing Glecko and hearing Moll Neville read the Arcadia.'"

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

unknown

Country:

n/a

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:

Anne Clifford, Countess of Dorset, Pembroke, and Montgomery

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

Anne Clifford, Countess of Dorset, Pembroke and Montgomery

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Geoffrey Chaucer

Title:

n/a

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

6058

Source:

Print

Author:

Suzanne W. Hull

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Chaste, Silent and Obedient: English Books for Women 1475-1640

Place of Publication:

San Marino

Date of Publication:

1988

Vol:

n/a

Page:

73

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Suzanne W. Hull, Chaste, Silent and Obedient: English Books for Women 1475-1640, (San Marino, 1988), p. 73, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=6058, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

Quotation from Lady Anne Clifford, Diary (London: William Heinemann, 1924) 66.