Record Number: 16656
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Mr T.[aaffe] in the evening - read his notes to Dante'
Century:1800-1849
Date:19 Mar 1821
Country:Italy
Timeevening
Place:city: Pisa
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:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:30 Aug 1797
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:writer
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Italy
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Comment on the Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri
Genre:Essays / Criticism
Form of Text:Manuscript: Unknown
Publication Detailspublished in 1822
Provenanceborrowed (other)
presumably the MS belonged to Taaffe
Source Information:
Record ID:16656
Source: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:357
Additional Comments:
Additional editor Diana Scott-Kilvert
Citation:
Paula R. Feldman (ed.), The Journals of Mary Shelley 1814-1844 (Oxford, 1987), I, p. 357, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=16656, accessed: 19 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Mary continues to read these notes for several days