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Record Number: 16892


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I am obliged to you for the books you were good enough to send me - Mr Crokers Volume was quite to my purpose' [letter to John Murray]

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Until: 10 Sep 1828

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London
specific address: Park Cottage, Paddington

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:

Mary Shelley

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:

England

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Thomas Crofton Croker

Title:

Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland

Genre:

Fiction, Miscellany / Anthology, legends, folk tales

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown
Sent to Mary bythe publisher, John Murray


Source Information:

Record ID:

16892

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Betty T. Bennett

Title:

The Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Place of Publication:

Baltimore / London

Date of Publication:

1983

Vol:

II

Page:

59

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Betty T. Bennett (ed.), The Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (Baltimore / London, 1983), II, p. 59, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=16892, accessed: 23 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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