Record Number: 3152

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Before breakfast from 7 3/4 to 9 1/4, from 10 3/4 to 2 1/2 (including an interruption of 20 minutes)read from V.1304 to 1527, end of Philoctetes of Sophlocles, & afterwards from p.288 to 296, end of vol.2 Adams translation of the 7 remaining plays of Sophlocles...I feel myself improved & only hope to be going on prosperously [plans further improvement]

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

24 Mar 1821

Country:

England

Time

morning: Before breakfast from 7:45 to 9:15
daytime: from 10.45-2.30pm

Place:

location in dwelling: home

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:

Anne Lister

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

3 Apr 1791

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

Heir to land and industrial property at Shibden Hall, near Halifax, Yorks. [inherits 1824]

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:

Sophocles

Title:

Philoctetes

Genre:

Classics, Drama

Form of Text:

Publication Details

Greek

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

3152

Source:

Print

Author:

Anne Lister

Editor:

Helena Whitbread

Title:

I know my own heart: The Diaries of Anne Lister 1791-1840

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1988

Vol:

n/a

Page:

149

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Anne Lister, Helena Whitbread (ed.), I know my own heart: The Diaries of Anne Lister 1791-1840 (London, 1988), p. 149, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=3152, accessed: 24 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None