| Evidence: | 'To amuse ourselves at the inns on this road we brought with us Jackson's "30 Letters" & Moritz's "Travels in England" (both in our Society) but having finish'd the latter (w'ch John was now reading) & Mrs M being reading the other, I got Mrs Radcliffe's novel of the "Sicilian Romance" from the Library there, which I this day began reading & was much pleased with.' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 2 Sep 1795 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | other location: inn - journey to New Forest and Salisbury | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | John Marsh |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 31 May 1752 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Musian / composer / gentleman |
| 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 |
| Author: | Ann Radcliffe |
| Title: | A Sicilian Romance |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | borrowed (private library) Borrowed from the library at the inn where the Marsh family were staying? |
| Record ID: | 7906 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | John Marsh | |
| Editor: | Brian Robins | |
| Title: | The John Marsh Journals. The life and times of a gentleman composer (1752-1828) | |
| Place of Publication: | New York | |
| Date of Publication: | 1998 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 583 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | John Marsh, Brian Robins (ed.), The John Marsh Journals. The life and times of a gentleman composer (1752-1828) (New York, 1998), p. 583, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=7906, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
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