Record Number: 8443

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Talk and read the newspapers'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

14 Sep 1814

Country:

England

Time

morning

Place:

city: London
specific address: The Stratford Hotel, 160 Oxford 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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

4 Aug 1792

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

Poet / author

Religion:

Atheist

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

Mary Shelley and Claire Clairmont

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

[newspapers]

Genre:

Newspaper

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

8443

Source:

Print

Author:

Mary Shelley

Editor:

Paula Feldman

Title:

The Journals of Mary Shelley

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1995

Vol:

n/a

Page:

25

Additional Comments:

Other editor Diana Scott-Kilvert

Citation:

Mary Shelley, Paula Feldman (ed.), The Journals of Mary Shelley (London, 1995), p. 25, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=8443, accessed: 02 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

It is not clear if Mary Shelley and Claire Clairmont are also readers