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." |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | evening | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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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 |
Author: | |
Title: | [various books, fiction in particular] |
Genre: | Other religious, Fiction, History, Unknown |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 4270 | |
Source - | ||
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 |
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