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the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

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Moll Neville

 

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Edmund Spenser : The Faerie Queene

"In 1617 the Countess [of Dorset, Pembroke, and Montgomery] noted recreational books that she was reading: "'Began to have Mr. Sandy's book read to me about the Government of the Turks. "'Rivers used to read to me in Montaigne's Plays [Essays] and Moll Neville in the Fairy Queen. "'I sat and read much in the Turkish History and Chaucer. "'The 12th and 13th I spent most of the time in playing Glecko and hearing Moll Neville read the Arcadia.'"

Century: 1600-1699     Reader/Listener/Group: Moll Neville      Print: Book

  

Philip Sidney : The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia

"In 1617 the Countess [of Dorset, Pembroke, and Montgomery] noted recreational books that she was reading: "'The 12th and 13th I spent most of the time in playing Gecko and in hearing Moll Neville read the Arcadia.'"

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Century: 1600-1699     Reader/Listener/Group: Moll Neville      

 

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