Record Number: 1205

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I have just begun to read Mr Knight's Book, which you were very kind in sending.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jul 1806 and 31 Jul 1806

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Dorothy Wordsworth

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

25 Dec 1771

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

writer

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Richard Payne Knight

Title:

An Analytical Enquiry into the Principles of Taste

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Philosophy, Arts / architecture

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

First published 1805

Provenance

unknown
Sent to Dorothy Wordsworth by Lady Beaumont

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Source Information:

Record ID:

1205

Source:

Print

Author:

William and Dorothy Wordsworth

Editor:

Ernest De Selincourt

Title:

The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth. The Middle Years, Part I: 1806-1811

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1969

Vol:

1

Page:

54

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

William and Dorothy Wordsworth, Ernest De Selincourt (ed.), The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth. The Middle Years, Part I: 1806-1811 (Oxford, 1969), 1, p. 54, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=1205, accessed: 24 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

From Dorothy Wordsworth to Lady Beaumont, Monday 9 July 1806.