Record Number: 7852
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Fanny Kemble, 20 August 1832, on board ship to America: 'I have done more in the shape of work to-day, than any since the first two I spent on board; translated a German fable without much trouble, read a canto in Dante, ending with a valuation of fame.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:20 Aug 1832
Country:in transit
Timen/a
Place:other location: On board The Pacific (transatlantic ship)
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 Nov 1809
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Actress
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:in transit
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:German fable
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:7852
Source:Fanny Kemble
Editor:Catherine Clinton
Title:Fanny Kemble's Journals
Place of Publication:Cambridge, Massachusetts
Date of Publication:2000
Vol:n/a
Page:38
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Fanny Kemble, Catherine Clinton (ed.), Fanny Kemble's Journals, (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2000), p. 38, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=7852, accessed: 08 March 2025
Additional Comments:
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