Record Number: 8697

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'In the evening Shelley reads Thaliba aloud.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

20 Sep 1814

Country:

England

Time

evening

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:

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

4 Aug 1792

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

Poet / Author

Religion:

Atheist

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

Mary Shelley and Claire Clairmont

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Robert Southey

Title:

Thalaba the Destroyer

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

8697

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:

28-29

Additional Comments:

Additional Editor Diana Scott-Kilvert

Citation:

Mary Shelley, Paula Feldman (ed.), The Journals of Mary Shelley, (London, 1995), 1, p. 28-29, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=8697, accessed: 22 December 2024

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Additional Comments:

Also read aloud by Percy Bysshe Shelley in the evening on the following dates: 21, 23 & 24 September 1814 Separate entries not recorded.