| Evidence: | 'read Ovid with Hogg (fin. 2nd fable). Shelley reads Gibbon and pastor fido with Clary - in the evening read Esprit des Nations (72). S. reads Pastor Fido (102) and Gibbon (vol 12 - 364) and the story of Myrrha in Ovid'. |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 9 Apr 1815 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | afternoon | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London | ||||||||||
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| Reading Group: | Percy Shelley and Claire Clairmont |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Unknown |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
| Occupation: | n/a |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Edward Gibbon |
| Title: | History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire |
| Genre: | History |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 13679 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | n/a | |
| Editor: | Paula R. Feldman | |
| Title: | The Journals of Mary Shelley 1814-1844 | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1987 | |
| Vol: | I | |
| Page: | 74 | |
| Additional comments: | Additional editor: Diana Scott-Kilvert |
| Citation: | Paula R. Feldman (ed.), The Journals of Mary Shelley 1814-1844 (Oxford, 1987), I, p. 74, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=13679, accessed: 10 December 2023 | |
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