Record Number: 9321

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Horace Walpole to Mary Berry, 24 September 1794, 'near one [pm]': 'The Churchills are here in the room while I write [...] just as I was going to begin my letter, the newspaper came in, and he and I have been reading it aloud to us paragraph by paragraph, half of which are full of bad news, of retreats of our army, of the capture of our Mediterranean fleet by the French, and [...] of the King of Prussia having been forced to raise the siege of Warsaw.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

24 Sep 1794

Country:

England

Time

daytime

Place:

n/a

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:

Reading Group:

Horace Walpole and Mr Churchill

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

various

Religion:

various

Country of Origin:

various

Country of Experience:

England

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

Other/s named Churchill

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

newspaper

Genre:

Poetry, Politics, Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

24 September 1794

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

9321

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Lady Theresa Lewis

Title:

Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry From the Year 1783 to 1852

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1865

Vol:

1

Page:

437

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Lady Theresa Lewis (ed.), Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry From the Year 1783 to 1852, (London, 1865), 1, p. 437, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=9321, accessed: 18 December 2024

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Additional Comments:

None