| Evidence: | Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Monday 21 December 1801: 'When we were at Thomas Ashburner's on Sunday Peggy talked about the [drunken] Queen of Patterdale ... We sate snugly round the fire. I read to them the Tale of Custance and the Syrian monarch, also some of the Prologues. It is the Man of Lawe's tale.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 21 Dec 1801 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Dorothy Wordsworth |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 25 Dec 1771 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Religion: | Church of England |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Geoffrey Chaucer |
| Title: | Prologues from the Canterbury Tales |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 2901 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Dorothy Wordsworth | |
| Editor: | Helen Darbishire | |
| Title: | Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1958 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 96 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Dorothy Wordsworth, Helen Darbishire (ed.), Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth (London, 1958), p. 96, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=2901, accessed: 16 April 2024 | |
| Not clear whether account of reading refers to previous Sunday at Ashburners', or to evening of Tuesday 21 December (at Dove Cottage?) |
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