Record Number: 8851
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Mary Berry to Mrs Cholmeley, 5 October 1799: 'Mentioning [...] [Madame de Coigny] puts me in mind of a book which I am now [italics]devouring[end italics] with delight, though no new one, and I am now reading it for the third time. I mean Madme de Sevigne's Letters.'
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between 1 Oct 1799 and 5 Oct 1799
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Cheltenham
county: Gloucestershire
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:16 Mar 1763
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:writer
Religion:Anglican
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Letters
Genre:Letters
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:8851
Source:n/a
Editor:Lady Theresa Lewis
Title:Extracts of the Journal and Correspondence of Miss Berry From the Year 1783 to 1852
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1865
Vol:2
Page:100
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Lady Theresa Lewis (ed.), Extracts of the Journal and Correspondence of Miss Berry From the Year 1783 to 1852 (London, 1865), 2, p. 100, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=8851, accessed: 02 October 2023
Additional Comments:
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