Record Number: 9655

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'S. reads rights of Man. C. in an ill humour - she read the Italian'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

26 Nov 1814

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

city: London
specific address: Skinner St

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:

Clara Mary Jane (Claire) Clairmont

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

27 Apr 1798

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

None, later governess

Religion:

unknown

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:

Ann Radcliffe

Title:

Italian; or, the Confession of the Black Penitents, The

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

9655

Source:

Print

Author:

Mary Shelley

Editor:

Paula Feldman

Title:

The Journals of Mary Shelley 1814-1844

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1987

Vol:

1

Page:

48

Additional Comments:

Additional editor Diana Scott-Kilvert

Citation:

Mary Shelley, Paula Feldman (ed.), The Journals of Mary Shelley 1814-1844, (Oxford, 1987), 1, p. 48, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=9655, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None