Record Number: 5987
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'At the house party where Anna met the Bishop of Llandaff, guests took it in turns to read to one another. On 1 July 1780, for instance, after hearing her sister Clara read Rollin's "Histoire ancienne"... Anna "spent two hours in the family circle reading and working". While her friends were engaged in different sorts of women's work - embroidering and making cushion covers - she read them a great favourite, the sentimental novel "Marienne" by Pierre Marivaux.'
Century:1700-1799
Date:1 Jul 1780
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:unknown
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
Her sister, Anna.
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Histoire ancienne
Genre:Unknown
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:5987
Source:John Brewer
Editor:James Raven
Title:The practice and representation of reading in England, essay entitled 'Reconstructing the reader'
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1996
Vol:n/a
Page:242
Additional Comments:
Editors James Raven, Helen Small and Naomi Tadmor.
Citation:
John Brewer, James Raven (ed.), The practice and representation of reading in England, essay entitled 'Reconstructing the reader' (Cambridge, 1996), p. 242, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=5987, accessed: 01 May 2024
Additional Comments:
Brewer gets his information from Larpent's diary, Huntington Museum HM 31201
