Record Number: 27965

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'With the accomplished and honourable family of the Kembles [Elizabeth Inchbald] was long on terms of close intimacy. While her husband painted, she and John Philip Kemble read. On Sundays, if they were not near a Catholic chapel, it was she or her husband who read Mass to their visitor [Philip Kemble], who listened with due humility.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

unknown

Country:

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Time

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Place:

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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:

Elizabeth Inchbald

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

15 Oct 1753

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer / actress

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

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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: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

27965

Source:

Print

Author:

Julia Kavanagh

Editor:

n/a

Title:

English Women of Letters: Biographical Sketches

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1863

Vol:

2

Page:

28

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Julia Kavanagh, English Women of Letters: Biographical Sketches (London, 1863), 2, p. 28, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=27965, accessed: 02 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

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