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Record Number: 873


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

"On 7 March 1796 D[orothy] W[ordsworth] remarked that 'I am now reading the Fool of Quality which amuses me exceedingly.'"

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Between 1 Mar 1796 and 31 Mar 1796

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:

Dorothy Wordsworth

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

Diarist

Religion:

Church of England

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:

Henry Brooke

Title:

The Fool of Quality; or, the History of Henry Earl of Moreland

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

First published 1766

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

873

Source:

Print

Author:

Duncan Wu

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Wordsworth's Reading 1770-1799

Place of Publication:

n/a

Date of Publication:

1993

Vol:

n/a

Page:

18

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Duncan Wu, Wordsworth's Reading 1770-1799 (1993), p. 18, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=873, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

Information from entry 36 in Wu, Wordsworth's Reading 1770-1791.

   
   
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