| Evidence: | Dorothy Wordsworth to Sara Hutchinson, 18 February 1815: 'It is 11 o'clock. William has been reading the Fairy Queen - he has laid aside his Book and Mary has set about putting her nightcap.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 18 Feb 1815 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | night: 11pm | ||||||||||
| Place: | specific address: Rydal Mount, nr Ambleside, Cumbria | ||||||||||
| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Type of Experience (Listener): |
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| Reader: | William Wordsworth |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 7 Apr 1770 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Religion: | Church of England |
| 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: | Edmund Spenser |
| Title: | Fairy Queen, The |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 1525 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | William and Dorothy Wordsworth | |
| Editor: | Ernest De Selincourt | |
| Title: | The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth: The Middle Years | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1970 | |
| Vol: | 2 | |
| Page: | 204 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | William and Dorothy Wordsworth, Ernest De Selincourt (ed.), The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth: The Middle Years (Oxford, 1970), 2, p. 204, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1525, accessed: 09 December 2023 | |
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