Record Number: 22340
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I then read Mason on self knowledge till dinner, not with so much attention as I could wish; I seldom attend sufficiently to what I am reading, to remember at all accurately what I have been reading about'
Century:1700-1799
Date:4 May 1799
Country:England
Timeafternoon: before dinner
Place:city: Norwich (2 miles)
county: Norfolk
specific address: Earlham Hall
location in dwelling
(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:21 May 1780
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:daughter of banker and merchant
Religion:Quaker
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
later Elizabeth Fry
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Self-knowledge: A Treatise
Genre:Other religious, Philosophy
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:22340
Source:Manuscript
Author:Elizabeth Fry
Title:Journal
Location:British Library
Call No:Add Mss 47456
Page/Folio:ff. 58
Citation:Elizabeth Fry, Journal British Library, p. Add Mss 47456, p. ff. 58, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=22340, accessed: 23 September 2023
Additional Comments:
None