Record Number: 27837
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'[At boarding school in Chelsea] I applied rigidly to study, and acquired a taste for books, which has never, from that time, deserted me. Mrs [Meribah] Lorrington frequently read to me after school hours, and I to her: I sometimes indulged my fancy in writing verses, or composing rebuses; and my governess never failed to applaud the juvenile compositions I presented to her.'
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between 1 Jan 1766 and 31 Dec 1771
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Chelsea
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Unknown
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Boarding-school governess
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:n/a
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:poems
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Manuscript: Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:27837
Source:n/a
Editor:M. J. Levy
Title:Perdita. The Memoirs of Mary Robinson
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1994
Vol:n/a
Page:29-30
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
M. J. Levy (ed.), Perdita. The Memoirs of Mary Robinson (London, 1994), p. 29-30, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=27837, accessed: 02 May 2024
Additional Comments:
Robinson has previously told in her memoir of her intimate friendship with her governess Meribah Lorrington, also explaining that 'love was the theme' of her poems.