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Record Number: 12600


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I took my two lessons with Mr Jaegle, we began to read "Les Voyages du Jeune Anarchasis". The little that I heard today pleased me enormously and the style is very fine'.

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

8 Jun 1792

Country:

Switzerland

Time

daytime

Place:

city: Schinznacht

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Elizabeth (Betsey) Wynne

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1779

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

Catholic

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Switzerland

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

probably her tutor, Mr Jaegle, with whom she was reading the text


Additional Comments:

with her tutor, Mr Jaegle



Text Being Read:

Author:

[Abbe] Barthelemy

Title:

Les Voyages du Jeune Anacharsis

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

12600

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Anne Fremantle

Title:

The Wynne Diaries

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1935

Vol:

I

Page:

147

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Anne Fremantle (ed.), The Wynne Diaries (London, 1935), I, p. 147, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=12600, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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