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Record Number: 3022


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

' Went out [..] to the Tuileries Gardens at 8.55. In going, bought at the 1st shop on the left, under the arcades. a pamphlet by M.Chateaubriand. ' Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi'. Read this as I walked along. Then paid a sol for the Journal Politique.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

18 Sep 1824

Country:

France

Time

morning: 8:55am

Place:

city: Paris
specific address: Tuileries Gardens
other location: public gardens and on the street

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:

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:

France

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Chateaubriand

Title:

Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi

Genre:

Politics

Form of Text:

Print: Pamphlet

Publication Details

September 1824, French

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

3022

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:

19

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. 19, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=3022, accessed: 02 May 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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