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Record 4270

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
"The habits and tastes of Mr Opie were, happily, very inexpensive... [he and his wife] spent the evening hours in converse ... reading with her books of amusement or instruction... Mr Opie entertained a partiality for works of fiction and not unfrequently indulged himself in reading a novel, even if it were not of the first class."
Century: 1700-1799
Date: unknown
Country: England
Time: evening
Place: n/a
   
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:John Opie
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 1 May 1761
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Father was a carpenter
Occupation: Artist
Religion: Church of England
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
Amelia Opie (wife).
Additional comments: Amelia Opie as the listener

 

Text Being Read:

Author:
Title: [various books, fiction in particular]
Genre: Other religious, Fiction, History, Unknown
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 4270  
Source - Print  
  Author: Cecilia Lucy Brightell
  Editor: n/a
  Title: Memorials of the Life of Amelia Opie
  Place of Publication: Norwich
  Date of Publication: 1854
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 68-70
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Cecilia Lucy Brightell, Memorials of the Life of Amelia Opie (Norwich, 1854), p. 68-70, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=4270, accessed: 28 March 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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