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Record Number: 7033


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'M. Necker, the late Minister...has written a book entitled "De l'Importance des opinions Religeuses", it pleases me and I want to know the character of the man in domestic life and public estimation &c.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1788 and 31 Mar 1788

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

Mary Wollstonecraft

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

27 Apr 1759

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

governess then writer

Religion:

unknown

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:

Jacques Necker

Title:

De l'Importance des opinions Religeuses

Genre:

Other religious, Philosophy

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

in French

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

7033

Source:

Print

Author:

Mary Wollstonecraft

Editor:

Ralph M. Wardle

Title:

Collected Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft

Place of Publication:

New York

Date of Publication:

1979

Vol:

n/a

Page:

173

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Mary Wollstonecraft, Ralph M. Wardle (ed.), Collected Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft (New York, 1979), p. 173, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=7033, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

Letter from Mary Wollstonecraft to Everina Wollstonecraft, March 1788; MW was later to translate this volume

   
   
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