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Record 22341

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'After that Kitty made a proposition very pleasant to me, that we should sit together all the afternoon and read "Pilgrim's Progress" and work; and we sat snugly over the nursery fire, and it was interesting and pleasant to me on two accounts, as I feel interested in the Allegory of the pilgrim and it was pleasant to be so snug with Kitty who I don't like to say much about ... We then drank tea; after tea Kitty and I read a little further ... after supper I read with Kitty until bed time.'
Century: 1700-1799
Date: 4 May 1799
Country: England
Time: afternoon: after dinner
evening: before and after supper, until bedtime
Place: city: Norwich (2 miles)
county: Norfolk
specific address: Earlham Hall
location in dwelling: in the nursery
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
passive in company unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader:Elizabeth Gurney
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 21 May 1780
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: daughter of banker and merchant
Religion: Quaker
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
sister, Kitty Gurney
Additional comments: later Elizabeth Fry

 

Text Being Read:

Author: John Bunyan
Title: Pilgrim's Progress
Genre: Other religious
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: owned

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 22341  
  Source - Manuscript
  Author: Elizabeth Fry
  Title: Journal
  Location: British Library
  Call no: Add Mss 47456
  Page/folio: ff. 58

Citation: Elizabeth Fry, Journal British Library, p. Add Mss 47456, p. ff. 58, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=22341, accessed: 28 March 2024

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