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Record Number: 27839


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I was correcting a proof sheet of my volume [of poetry], when the servant abruptly announced Mr. Fitzgerald! [...] The next subject of praise [following Fitzgerald's compliments on Robinson's baby daughter] was my poetry [...] Mr. Fitzgerald took up the proof sheet and read one of the pastorals.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

unknown

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

city: London

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:

George Robert Fitzgerald

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1748

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

n/a

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:

Mary Robinson

Title:

'pastoral [poem]'

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Unknown, In publisher's proofs

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ


Source Information:

Record ID:

27839

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

77

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

M. J. Levy (ed.), Perdita. The Memoirs of Mary Robinson (London, 1994), p. 77, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=27839, accessed: 02 May 2024


Additional Comments:

Fitzgerald a friend of Robinson's husband, also her admirer.

   
   
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