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Record Number: 15610


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Wednesday April 11th. [...] Begin Avventure ed Osservazione di Filippo Pananti sopra le coste di Barberia.' [Readings from this text, along with detailed notes on it, also recorded in journal entry for 12 April 1821, with 'Finish Travels of Pananti' recorded on 13 April].

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 11 Apr 1821 and 13 Apr 1821

Country:

Italy

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Florence

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:

Claire Clairmont

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

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:

Italy

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Filippo Pananti

Title:

Avventure ed osservazione sopra le coste di Barberia

Genre:

Geography / Travel

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

2 vols. Florence, 1817

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

15610

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

221-23

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Claire Clairmont, Marion Kingston Stocking (ed.), The Journals of Claire Clairmont (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1968), p. 221-23, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=15610, accessed: 16 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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