Record Number: 20023

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

[Two gentlemen came in to LP's shop and saw her with an MS volume of her Memoirs open in front of her; they inquired as to whether it was her accounts] 'This Gentleman, whom I presently after found was an Earl, by his Companion's calling him by his Title, insisted on seeing the Subject of my Amusement. This was the First Volume of my Work, which once he had began [sic], he went quite through with, and gave it more Applause than ever an Author's dear Partiality to their own offspring could possibly make me believe it deserved.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Until: 31 Dec 1748

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London
specific address: LP's shop, possibly in St James's

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

an earl

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

n/a

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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Laetitia Pilkington

Title:

[Memoirs and Poems]

Genre:

Poetry, Autobiog / Diary

Form of Text:

Manuscript: volume

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ
read in LP's shop

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Source Information:

Record ID:

20023

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:

273

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Laetitia Pilkington, A.C. Elias (ed.), Memoirs of Laetitia Pilkington (Athens GA, 1997), I, p. 273, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=20023, accessed: 26 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None