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Record 3021

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
' At 2.30 went out to the library [..]Subscribed for a month [...] Came up to bed at 9.35. Sat up reading the first 79pp and several pages at the end of Amelie Mansfield. The story interesting. How poor the language after that of Rousseau.'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: 9 Aug 1825
Country: England
Time: evening: After 9.35 pm
Place: location in dwelling: bed
   
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:Anne Lister
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 3 Apr 1791
Socio-economic group: Gentry
Occupation: Inherited a small estate
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: Mme Marie-Sophie Cottin
Title: Amelie Mansfield
Genre: Fiction
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: Borrowed (circulating library)

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 3021  
Source - Print  
  Author: Anne Lister
  Editor: Helena Whitbread
  Title: No Priest But Love- The Journals of Anne Lister From 1824-1826
  Place of Publication: Otley
  Date of Publication: 1992
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 114
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Anne Lister, Helena Whitbread (ed.), No Priest But Love- The Journals of Anne Lister From 1824-1826 (Otley, 1992), p. 114, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=3021, accessed: 19 April 2024

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