Record Number: 7022
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
[compiling the anthology "The Female Reader", Mary Wollstonecraft spent] 'long hours reading, for the extracts included came from widely scattered sources and might consist of only a few lines from a long work.'
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between 1 Jan 1788 and 31 Dec 1789
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:27 Apr 1759
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:governess, then writer
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[various works]
Genre:Unknown
Form of Text:Print: Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:7022
Source:Mary Wollstonecraft
Editor:Ralph M. Wardle
Title:Collected Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft
Place of Publication:New York
Date of Publication:1979
Vol:n/a
Page:33
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Mary Wollstonecraft, Ralph M. Wardle (ed.), Collected Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft, (New York, 1979), p. 33, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=7022, accessed: 26 September 2024
Additional Comments:
evidence from Wardle's intro. MW was reading in order to compile a women's anthology