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Record Number: 16296


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Read Livy - Mrs Macauly's hist. of England - Lucretius with S. - he reads Greek Romances & Ricciardetto aloud in the evening'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

29 Jun 1820

Country:

Italy

Time

evening

Place:

city: Leghorn

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:

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

4 Aug 1792

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

poet

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Italy

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

Mary Shelley


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Niccolo Fortiguerra

Title:

Ricciardetto

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

16296

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Paula R. Feldman

Title:

The Journals of Mary Shelley 1814-1844

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1987

Vol:

I

Page:

324

Additional Comments:

Additional editor Diana Scott-Kilvert.

Citation:

Paula R. Feldman (ed.), The Journals of Mary Shelley 1814-1844 (Oxford, 1987), I, p. 324, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=16296, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

Other references to reading this are not all given separate entries

   
   
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