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Record Number: 5993


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Larpent listened while her husband and stepson read aloud to her from the newspapers and Sutherland's "Tour of Constantinople".'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Between 1 Apr 1792 and 30 Apr 1792

Country:

England

Time

n/a

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:

stepson of Anna Larpent

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Child of a civil servant

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

His stepmother, Anna Larpent


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Sutherland

Title:

Tour of Constantinople

Genre:

Geography / Travel

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

5993

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

231

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. 231, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=5993, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

Brewer gets his information from Larpent's diary, Huntington Museum HM 31201 . Anna is reading with her stepson, probably in turns.

   
   
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