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Record 25706

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Harriet Cavendish to unknown recipient (c.1796): 'G. is very much interested in the "black penitent" and is now reading it in the window in mamma's little room.'
Century: 1700-1799
Date: Between 1 Jan 1796 and 31 Dec 1796
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: n/a
   
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:Lady Georgina Cavendish
Age Child (0-17)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 1783
Socio-economic group: Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation: n/a
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

 

Text Being Read:

Author:
Title: 'the black penitent'
Genre: Fiction
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 25706  
Source - Print  
  Author: n/a
  Editor: Sir George Leveson Gower and Iris Palmer
  Title: Hary-o: The Letters of Harriet Cavendish 1796-1809
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1940
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 3
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Sir George Leveson Gower and Iris Palmer (ed.), Hary-o: The Letters of Harriet Cavendish 1796-1809 (London, 1940), p. 3, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=25706, accessed: 02 May 2024

Additional comments:

Year of birth approximate (reader stated in source as having been thirteen years old in 1796; see p.1).

 

 

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