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Record 6154

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
[in April 1792 Larpent read] 'Smellie's "Philosophy of Nature" [sic] which she considered poorly organized but of sufficient value to transcribe extracts for her children.'
Century: 1700-1799
Date: Between 1 Apr 1792 and 30 Apr 1792
Country: England
Time: n/a
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:Anna Larpent
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 1758
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Diplomat's daugher 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

 

Text Being Read:

Author: William Smellie
Title: Philosophy of Natural History
Genre: Philosophy, Science, Natural history
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 6154  
Source - Print  
  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: 230
  Additional comments: James Raven, Helen Small and Naomi Tadmor editors.

Citation: John Brewer, James Raven (ed.), The Practice and Representation of Reading in England, essay entitled 'Reconstructing the reader' (Cambridge, 1996), p. 230, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=6154, accessed: 19 April 2024

Additional comments:

Brewer gets his information from Larpent's diary, Huntington Museum, HM 31201.

 

 

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