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Record Number: 15947


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Tuesday Dec. [...] 20th. [...] Letter from Mr. Baxter and Forsyth's Travels in Italy. After dinner I read it.' [records further readings from this text, some with Chretien-Hermann Gambs, in journal entries for 22, 24, 26, 27, 28, 30 December 1825; and 3 January 1826].

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 20 Dec 1825 and 3 Jan 1826

Country:

Russia

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Moscow

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Claire Clairmont

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

27 Apr 1798

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Governess

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Russia

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Joseph Forsyth

Title:

Remarks on Antiquities, Arts, and Letters during an Excursion in Italy in the Years 1802 and 1803

Genre:

Classics, Essays / Criticism, History, Geography / Travel, Politics, Arts / architecture

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

15947

Source:

Print

Author:

Claire Clairmont

Editor:

Marion Kingston Stocking

Title:

The Journals of Claire Clairmont

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Date of Publication:

1968

Vol:

n/a

Page:

388-394

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Claire Clairmont, Marion Kingston Stocking (ed.), The Journals of Claire Clairmont (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1968), p. 388-394, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=15947, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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