Record Number: 12602
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I read for the second time a novel that Madame de B. brought for us, "Paul and Virginia", that is charming, but though I was told I would weep many tears in reading it I did not shed a single one. I reread it thinking perhaps to have read it too fast the first time, but although the second time it did not interest me less than the first, it did not make me weep. It is of no use to say this is a sign of insensibility. If they will teach me to cry when I will and then everything will melt me and make me cry, for after all I am a woman as they are'.
Century:1700-1799
Date:20 Jun 1792
Country:Switzerland
Timen/a
Place:city: Schinznach
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Child (0-17)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:1780
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
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Paul et Virginie
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (private library)
brought by Mrs Braun, according to Betsey Wynne, or by Madame de B[ombelles] according to Eugenia
Source Information:
Record ID:12602
Source:n/a
Editor:Anne Fremantle
Title:The Wynne Diaries
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1935
Vol:I
Page:151-2
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Anne Fremantle (ed.), The Wynne Diaries (London, 1935), I, p. 151-2, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=12602, accessed: 28 March 2024
Additional Comments:
second reading of this book