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Record 20081

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
[Having been told by a lady that Lord Kingsborough lived nearby, and expressed enthusiasm, the lady said] 'well, Madam, though you have made a Mystery of your Name, I am certain you are Mrs [italics] Pilkington [end italics]; I am sure you are the Person; because you speak of his Lordship, in the very same Stile you have wrote of him. I have the two Volumes'.
Century: 1700-1799
Date: Between 1 Jan 1748 and 29 Jul 1750
Country: Ireland
Time: n/a
Place: city: Dublin
   
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

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader:a lady
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Unknown/NA
Occupation: n/a
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: Ireland
Country of experience: Ireland
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Laetitia Pilkington
Title: Memoirs
Genre: Autobiog / Diary
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: owned

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 20081  
Source - Print  
  Author: Laetitia Pilkington
  Editor: A.C. Elias
  Title: Memoirs of Laetitia Pilkington
  Place of Publication: Athens GA
  Date of Publication: 1997
  Vol: I
  Page: 318
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Laetitia Pilkington, A.C. Elias (ed.), Memoirs of Laetitia Pilkington (Athens GA, 1997), I, p. 318, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=20081, accessed: 02 May 2024

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