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Record Number: 19848


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'borrowing a Hint from a Story in the [italics] Peruvian [end italics] Tales; I form'd from it the following Poem' [she then gives the text of a long poem called 'The Statues: or, The Trial of Constancy. A Tale']

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

From: 1 Jan 1734

Country:

Ireland

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Dublin

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:

Laetitia Pilkington

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1708

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

clergyman's wife

Religion:

Anglican

Country of Origin:

Ireland

Country of Experience:

Ireland

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Thomas-Simon Gueulette

Title:

Mille et une heures, contes peruviens

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

trans. by Samuel Humphreys, 1734

Provenance

read in situ
read at Swift's Deanery


Source Information:

Record ID:

19848

Source:

Print

Author:

Laetitia Pilkington

Editor:

A.C. Elias

Title:

Memoirs of Laetitia Pilkington

Place of Publication:

Athens GA

Date of Publication:

1997

Vol:

I

Page:

39

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Laetitia Pilkington, A.C. Elias (ed.), Memoirs of Laetitia Pilkington (Athens GA, 1997), I, p. 39, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=19848, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

Date of birth was 1708 or 1709

   
   
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