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Record 12600

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'I took my two lessons with Mr Jaegle, we began to read "Les Voyages du Jeune Anarchasis". The little that I heard today pleased me enormously and the style is very fine'.
Century: 1700-1799
Date: 8 Jun 1792
Country: Switzerland
Time: daytime
Place: city: Schinznacht
   
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:Elizabeth (Betsey) Wynne
Age Child (0-17)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 1779
Socio-economic group: Gentry
Occupation: n/a
Religion: Catholic
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: Switzerland
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
probably her tutor, Mr Jaegle, with whom she was reading the text
Additional comments: with her tutor, Mr Jaegle

 

Text Being Read:

Author: [Abbe] Barthelemy
Title: Les Voyages du Jeune Anacharsis
Genre: Fiction
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 12600  
Source - Print  
  Author: n/a
  Editor: Anne Fremantle
  Title: The Wynne Diaries
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1935
  Vol: I
  Page: 147
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Anne Fremantle (ed.), The Wynne Diaries (London, 1935), I, p. 147, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12600, accessed: 28 March 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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