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Record 16900

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'I have just finished Cloudesley - the interest is inexpressibly absorbing - there is a truth and majesty in the delineation of the passions, and a simplicity and grace in the style different from the present day - and striking one as one reads as how infinitely superior' [Letter to Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley - Mary's publishers]
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 4 Mar 1830 and 11 Mar 1830
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: London
specific address: 33 Somerset St
   
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:Mary Shelley
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 3 Mar 1756
Socio-economic group: Gentry
Occupation: author
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: William Godwin
Title: Cloudesley
Genre: Fiction
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 16900  
Source - Print  
  Author: n/a
  Editor: Betty T. Bennett
  Title: The Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
  Place of Publication: Baltimore / London
  Date of Publication: 1983
  Vol: II
  Page: 105
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Betty T. Bennett (ed.), The Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (Baltimore / London, 1983), II, p. 105, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=16900, accessed: 19 April 2024

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