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Record Number: 3015


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

' Could not resist unpacking my books from Paris...About ten [servant] came and curled my hair. Stood musing. Peeped into some of my books. Vol.I Nouvelle Heloise.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

23 Sep 1825

Country:

England

Time

evening: 10pm

Place:

Shibden Hall
location in dwelling: Bedroom

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:

Anne Lister

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

3 Apr 1791

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

Inherited a small estate

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:

Jean Jaques Rousseau

Title:

Julie: ou Nouvelle Heloise

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

3015

Source:

Print

Author:

Anne Lister

Editor:

Helena Whitbread

Title:

No Priest But Love- The Journals of Anne Lister From 1824-1826

Place of Publication:

Otley

Date of Publication:

1992

Vol:

n/a

Page:

133

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Anne Lister, Helena Whitbread (ed.), No Priest But Love- The Journals of Anne Lister From 1824-1826 (Otley, 1992), p. 133, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=3015, accessed: 24 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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