| Evidence: | 'On 9 April 1792 Anna Margaretta Larpent rose at 7.30, a little earlier than her usual, "spent some time", as she described it, '"n self examination", and then read two chapters of that blistering critique of the British constitution, Thomas Paine's "Rights of Man", before sitting down to breakfast.' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 9 Apr 1792 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | morning: before breakfast | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Anna Larpent |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 1758 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Diplomat's daughter and civil servant's wife |
| Religion: | unknown |
| 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: | Thomas Paine |
| Title: | Rights of man |
| Genre: | Politics, Philosophy |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 5988 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | John Brewer | |
| Editor: | James Raven | |
| Title: | The practice and representation of reading in England, essay entitled 'Reconstructing the reader' | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
| Date of Publication: | 1996 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 229 | |
| Additional comments: | Editors James Raven, Helen Small and Naomi Tadmor. |
| Citation: | John Brewer, James Raven (ed.), The practice and representation of reading in England, essay entitled 'Reconstructing the reader' (Cambridge, 1996), p. 229, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=5988, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
| Brewer gets his information from Larpent's diary, Huntington Museum HM 31201 |
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