Record Number: 6060

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

"The journal [of Anne Clifford, Countess of Dorset, Pembroke, and Montgomery] ends in 1619 when she wrote: "'My Coz. Maria read Ovid's Metamorphosis to me. "'The 14th December Wat. Conniston began to read the book of Josephus.

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

1619

Country:

n/a

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

Maria

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

Anne Clifford, Countess of Dorset, Pembroke, and Montgomery

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Ovid

Title:

Metamorphoses

Genre:

Classics, Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

6060

Source:

Print

Author:

Suzanne W. Hull

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Chaste, Silent, and Obedient: English Books for Women 1475-1640

Place of Publication:

San Marino

Date of Publication:

1988

Vol:

n/a

Page:

73

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Suzanne W. Hull, Chaste, Silent, and Obedient: English Books for Women 1475-1640 (San Marino, 1988), p. 73, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=6060, accessed: 02 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

Quotation from Lady Anne Clifford, Diary (London: Heinemann, 1924) 104.