Record Number: 22525

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Baretti used to read here with vast Avidity - do you remember all you read said I one day - Scarce a word replyed Baretti but it produces a general Effect: if you dip your Hand into the Tub at the Door, you gather up no Water but your Hand remains wet.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Until: 28 May 1777

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

specific address: Streatham Park

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Giuseppe Marc'Antonio Baretti

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

24 Apr 1719

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

critic

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Italy

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

n/a

Genre:

Unknown

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ
read at the home of the Thrales

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Source Information:

Record ID:

22525

Source:

Print

Author:

Hester Lynch Thrale

Editor:

Katharine C. Balderston

Title:

Thraliana

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1951

Vol:

I

Page:

47

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Hester Lynch Thrale, Katharine C. Balderston (ed.), Thraliana (Oxford, 1951), I, p. 47, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=22525, accessed: 02 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None