Record Number: 7862
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Fanny Kemble, 3 December 1832: 'After breakfast [on board steamboat] returned to my crib. As I was removing "Contarini Fleming" [a novel by Disraeli],in order to lie down, a lady said to me, "Let me look at one of those books," and without further word of question or acknowledgement, took it from my hand, and began reading [...] Arrived at the Delaware, we took boat again; and, as I was sitting very quietly reading "Contarini Fleming", with the second volume lying on the stool by my feet, the same unceremonious lady who had [italics]borrowed[end italics] it before, snatched it up without addressing a single syllable to me, read as long as she pleased, and threw it down again in the same style before she went to dinner.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:3 Dec 1832
Country:USA
Timen/a
Place:other location: On board steamboat on Delaware
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:USA
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Contarini Fleming (one of multiple volumes)
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (other)
Source Information:
Record ID:7862
Source:Fanny Kemble
Editor:Catherine Clinton
Title:Fanny Kemble's Journals
Place of Publication:Cambridge, Massachusetts
Date of Publication:2000
Vol:n/a
Page:54
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Fanny Kemble, Catherine Clinton (ed.), Fanny Kemble's Journals, (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2000), p. 54, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=7862, accessed: 21 December 2024
Additional Comments:
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