| Evidence: | 'I have just finished Cloudesley - the interest is inexpressibly absorbing - there is a truth and majesty in the delineation of the passions, and a simplicity and grace in the style different from the present day - and striking one as one reads as how infinitely superior'
[Letter to Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley - Mary's publishers] |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 4 Mar 1830 and 11 Mar 1830 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London specific address: 33 Somerset St |
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| Reader: | Mary Shelley |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 3 Mar 1756 |
| Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
| Occupation: | author |
| 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: | William Godwin |
| Title: | Cloudesley |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 16900 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | n/a | |
| Editor: | Betty T. Bennett | |
| Title: | The Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley | |
| Place of Publication: | Baltimore / London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1983 | |
| Vol: | II | |
| Page: | 105 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Betty T. Bennett (ed.), The Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (Baltimore / London, 1983), II, p. 105, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=16900, accessed: 01 June 2023 | |
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