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Record Number: 12831


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I am occupied a geat deal just now in reading a new novel called "Family Secrets", it is a compound of unnatural occurrences but being embarked on it I am dommed to wade through five volumes', it belongs to the Purser's Steward'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

22 Jun 1805

Country:

at sea, of Ushant

Time

n/a

Place:

other location: on the ship Neptune, off Ushant

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Thomas Fremantle

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

ship's captain

Religion:

Christian

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

at sea, of Ushant

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Sarah Stickney Ellis

Title:

Family Secrets

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (private library)
belonged to Purser's steward


Source Information:

Record ID:

12831

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Anne Fremantle

Title:

The Wynne Diaries

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1940

Vol:

III

Page:

174

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Anne Fremantle (ed.), The Wynne Diaries (London, 1940), III, p. 174, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=12831, accessed: 02 May 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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