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Record Number: 15913


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Sunday September 25th. [...] After breakfast [...] the newspapers were put by Catherine Ivanovna into my hand -- I glanced over them hastily as is my custom to see if there is anything about Greece. I saw my dear friend [Trelawny]'s name; I did not dare to read, yet notwithstanding with a horrible feeling of dread & yet hope -- I read -- that he was well [after being wounded in duel] and still in his cavern [...] I went then instantly into the garden and sat myself on the balcony to enjoy all the fullness of my happiness.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

25 Sep 1825

Country:

Russia

Time

morning

Place:

city: Islavsky

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:

Governess

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Russia

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

newspaper

Genre:

Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

15913

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:

358-359

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Claire Clairmont, Marion Kingston Stocking (ed.), The Journals of Claire Clairmont (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1968), p. 358-359, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=15913, accessed: 23 April 2024


Additional Comments:

See also p.353 and n.61 in source for further background detail on this reading experience.

   
   
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