Record Number: 15189
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Saturday Sept. 24th. [...] Read Lewis Tales of Wonder and Delight. Shelley reads aloud Thalaba in the Evening finishes it. Write Greek -- Read Smellie.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:24 Sep 1814
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London
Type of Experience(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:Child (0-17)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:27 Apr 1798
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:trainee writer
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Tales of Wonder
Genre:Fiction, Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:15189
Source:Claire Clairmont
Editor:Marion Kingston Stocking
Title:The Journals of Claire Clairmont
Place of Publication:Cambridge, Massachusetts
Date of Publication:1968
Vol:n/a
Page:45-46
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Claire Clairmont, Marion Kingston Stocking (ed.), The Journals of Claire Clairmont (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1968), p. 45-46, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=15189, accessed: 18 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Source editor notes that Clairmont may have had in mind the subtitle to Lady Mount Cashell, Stories of Old Daniel; Or Tales of Wonder and Delight, published by Mrs Godwin (Clairmont's mother)'s Juvenile Library, 1801 (see p.45 n.64).