Record Number: 12275
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I have read your Reyne Margerite and will retourne it you when you please. If you will have my opinion of her, I think she has a good deale of witt . . . But the storry of Mademoisell de Tournon, is soe sad that when I had read it I was able to goe noe further, and was faine to take up something else to divert my self withall'.
Century:1600-1699
Date:Between 1 Feb 1653 and 28 Feb 1653
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:county: Bedfordshire
specific address: Chicksands Priory
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:1627
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:n/a
Religion:Anglican
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Memoires de la Reyne Marguerite
Genre:Autobiog / Diary
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsParis, 1628 (in French)
Provenanceborrowed (other)
Source Information:
Record ID:12275
Source:Dorothy Osborne
Editor:Kenneth Parker
Title:Letters to Sir William Temple
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1987
Vol:n/a
Page:57
Additional Comments:
The 'storry of Mademoisell de Tournon' referred to is included in the Memoires de la Reyne Marguerite, the text being read.
Citation:
Dorothy Osborne, Kenneth Parker (ed.), Letters to Sir William Temple (London, 1987), p. 57, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=12275, accessed: 02 May 2024
Additional Comments:
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