Record Number: 8688

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Read the Excursion & Madoc.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

16 Sep 1814

Country:

England

Time

morning

Place:

city: London
specific address: 56 Margaret Street, Cavendish Square

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:

Mary Godwin

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

30 Aug 1797

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Author

Religion:

Christian

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:

William Wordsworth

Title:

The Excursion, Being a portion of the Recluse, a poem

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

8688

Source:

Print

Author:

Mary Shelley

Editor:

Paula Feldman

Title:

The Journals of Mary Shelley

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1995

Vol:

1

Page:

26

Additional Comments:

Additional Editor Diana Scott-Kilvert

Citation:

Mary Shelley, Paula Feldman (ed.), The Journals of Mary Shelley, (London, 1995), 1, p. 26, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=8688, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None