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Record Number: 22486


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'My Father had made me translate the Life of Cervantes prefixed to Don Quixote from the Spanish by way of exercise when I was learning that Language in December 1756 or January 1757 I forget which'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Between 1 Dec 1756 and 31 Jan 1757

Country:

n/a

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:

Hester Lynch Salusbury

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

27 Jan 1741

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Wales

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

later Mrs Thrale



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Life of Cervantes

Genre:

Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

in Spanish; prefixed to an edition of 'Don Quixote'

Provenance

owned
her father's


Source Information:

Record ID:

22486

Source:

Print

Author:

Hester Lynch Thrale

Editor:

Katharine C. Balderston

Title:

Thraliana

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1951

Vol:

I

Page:

3

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Hester Lynch Thrale, Katharine C. Balderston (ed.), Thraliana (Oxford, 1951), I, p. 3, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=22486, accessed: 02 May 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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