Record Number: 9461

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'S. reads aloud to us in the evening out of Adolphus's lives'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

15 Nov 1814

Country:

England

Time

evening

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:

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

4 Aug 1792

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

poet

Religion:

Christian

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

Mary Godwin and Jane (Clara) Clairmont

Additional Comments:

later Mary Shelley

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Text Being Read:

Author:

John Adolphus

Title:

Biographical Memoirs of the French Revolution

Genre:

Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

9461

Source:

Print

Author:

Mary Shelley

Editor:

Paula Feldman

Title:

The Journals of Mary Shelley 1814-1844

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1987

Vol:

1

Page:

45

Additional Comments:

Additional editor Diana Scott-Kilvert

Citation:

Mary Shelley, Paula Feldman (ed.), The Journals of Mary Shelley 1814-1844 (Oxford, 1987), 1, p. 45, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=9461, accessed: 19 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None