Record Number: 12823

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I began to work myself a Chemisette - read "Frere Paschal" and laughed most violently as well as Eugenia'..

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

26 Nov 1803

Country:

England

Time

daytime

Place:

county: Oxfordshire

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Harriet Wynne

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

Catholic

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

Eugenia Wynne

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Paschal - or perhaps this is the title of a work

Title:

Frere Paschal - or perhaps Paschal is the author

Genre:

Unknown

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

12823

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Anne Fremantle

Title:

The Wynne Diaries

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1940

Vol:

III

Page:

97

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Anne Fremantle (ed.), The Wynne Diaries (London, 1940), III, p. 97, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=12823, accessed: 27 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

I cannot discover what this work might have been - it could be something by Pascal the mathematician / philosopher though he is not noted for comedy.