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Record Number: 3161


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

In the evening, read in the European magazine for last month, an additional memoir of the life of Napoleon...Madame de Stael rather too tender to Napoleon. One day to get quit of her visit, he sent to say he was not quite dressed. She replied, it mattered not, genius is of no sex.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

25 Jul 1823

Country:

England

Time

evening: evening

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


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



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

European Magazine

Genre:

Biography, Ephemera

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

June 1823

Provenance

borrowed (other)


Source Information:

Record ID:

3161

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:

268

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. 268, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=3161, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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