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Record Number: 18345


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'She read one of Madame de Stael's [italics] Petits Romans [end italics], which I had lent her, and which she told me had given her great pleasure'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

10 Aug 1813

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

Princess Caroline Princess of Wales

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

17 May 1768

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

Princess of Wales

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Germany

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael Holstein

Title:

Petits Romans

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (other)
borrowed from Charlotte Bury


Source Information:

Record ID:

18345

Source:

Print

Author:

Charlotte Bury

Editor:

A. Francis Steuart

Title:

Diary of a Lady-in-Waiting, The

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1908

Vol:

I

Page:

155

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Charlotte Bury, A. Francis Steuart (ed.), Diary of a Lady-in-Waiting, The (London, 1908), I, p. 155, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=18345, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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