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Record Number: 3018


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

' Tea at 8. Then read aloud to my aunt the first 74pp Vol I, "Sayings and Doings'."Excellent. Dont know when I have laughed so much or so heartily. We both laughed. Came up to bed at 9.35.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

9 Aug 1825

Country:

England

Time

evening: Between 8 and 9-35 pm

Place:

city: Buxton, Derbyshire
specific address: The Great Hotel

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Anne Lister

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

3 Apr 1791

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

Inherited a small estate

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

family (aunt)


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Theodore Hook

Title:

Sayings and Doings

Genre:

n/a

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (public library)


Source Information:

Record ID:

3018

Source:

Print

Author:

Anne Lister

Editor:

Helena Whitbread

Title:

No Priest But Love- The Journals of Anne Lister From 1824-1826

Place of Publication:

Otley

Date of Publication:

1992

Vol:

n/a

Page:

114

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Anne Lister, Helena Whitbread (ed.), No Priest But Love- The Journals of Anne Lister From 1824-1826 (Otley, 1992), p. 114, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=3018, accessed: 27 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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