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Record 422

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Came home before 7. Dr Clark 1 hour. Bed past 10.
Century: 1700-1799
Date: 15 Oct 1727
Country: England
Time: evening: between 7pm and 10pm
Place: city: Wandsworth, nr London
location in dwelling: at home
   
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:Gertrude Savile
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 22 Jan 1697
Socio-economic group: Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation: sister of George, 7th Baronet Savile,Lord of Rufford, from whom she gained an allowance
Religion: Protestant
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: Samuel Clarke
Title: A Paraphrase on the Four Evangelists
Genre: Bible, Other religious
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: owned

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 422  
Source - Print  
  Author: Gertrude Savile
  Editor: Alan Savile
  Title: Secret Comment: The Diaries of Gertrude Savile, 1721-1757
  Place of Publication: Notthingham
  Date of Publication: 1997
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 70
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Gertrude Savile, Alan Savile (ed.), Secret Comment: The Diaries of Gertrude Savile, 1721-1757 (Notthingham, 1997), p. 70, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=422, accessed: 28 March 2024

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