| Evidence: | 'Dr Delany read his wife an eclectic range of books from Eusebius' "Life of Constantine the Great" to "Peregrine Pickle".' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Dr Delany |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1685 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Clergyman and writer |
| Religion: | Church of Ireland |
| Country of origin: | Ireland |
| Country of experience: | unknown |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
his wife, Mary Delany |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Eusebius |
| Title: | Life of Constantine the Great |
| Genre: | Classics, History, Biography |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 139 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Jacqueline Pearson | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Women's Reading in Britain 1750-1835. A Dangerous Recreation. | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
| Date of Publication: | 1999 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 172 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Jacqueline Pearson, Women's Reading in Britain 1750-1835. A Dangerous Recreation. (Cambridge, 1999), p. 172, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=139, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
| see Llanover (ed.) "Autobiography and Correspondence of Mrs Delany" Vol. III, pp.137 and/or 162 |
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