Record Number: 9351

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Read a little of Petronius - a most detestable book'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

10 Nov 1814

Country:

England

Time

daytime

Place:

city: London
specific address: 2 Nelson Square

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

30 Aug 1797

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Author

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Petronius

Title:

Satyricon

Genre:

Classics, Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

9351

Source:

Print

Author:

Mary Shelley

Editor:

Paula R. Feldman

Title:

The Journals of Mary Shelley

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1995

Vol:

n/a

Page:

44

Additional Comments:

Additional editor Diana Scott-Kilvert

Citation:

Mary Shelley, Paula R. Feldman (ed.), The Journals of Mary Shelley (London, 1995), p. 44, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=9351, accessed: 16 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None