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Record 4937

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
The only gratification I ever sought was to be permitted to sit quietly in my brother's room, with a book. That room was more pleasant and retired than the one I slept in with my mother...
Century: 1700-1799
Date: Between 1 Jan 1794 and 31 Dec 1797
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: location in dwelling: home, in her brother's room
   
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:Ellen Weeton
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 1776
Socio-economic group: Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation: n/a
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:
Title: [unknown]
Genre: Unknown
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: owned

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 4937  
Source - Print  
  Author: Ellen Weeton
  Editor: n/a
  Title: Miss Weeton's Journal of a Governess
  Place of Publication: Whitstable
  Date of Publication: 1969
  Vol: 1
  Page: 23
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Ellen Weeton, Miss Weeton's Journal of a Governess (Whitstable, 1969), 1, p. 23, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=4937, accessed: 29 March 2024

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