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Record Number: 16900


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I have just finished Cloudesley - the interest is inexpressibly absorbing - there is a truth and majesty in the delineation of the passions, and a simplicity and grace in the style different from the present day - and striking one as one reads as how infinitely superior' [Letter to Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley - Mary's publishers]

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 4 Mar 1830 and 11 Mar 1830

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London
specific address: 33 Somerset St

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:

3 Mar 1756

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

author

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:

William Godwin

Title:

Cloudesley

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

16900

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:

105

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Betty T. Bennett (ed.), The Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (Baltimore / London, 1983), II, p. 105, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=16900, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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