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Record 4533

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'When he was writing ... "Things as They Are" (1794) ... [William] Godwin studied "Cecilia".'
Century: 1700-1799
Date: Between 1 Jan 1782 and 31 Dec 1794
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:William Godwin
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 3 Mar 1756
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Writer
Religion: Calvinist
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: Frances Burney
Title: Cecilia; or, Memoirs of an Heiress
Genre: Fiction
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 4533  
Source - Print  
  Author: Margaret Anne Doody
  Editor: n/a
  Title: Frances Burney: The Life in the Works
  Place of Publication: New Brunswick, NJ
  Date of Publication: 1988
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 147
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Margaret Anne Doody, Frances Burney: The Life in the Works (New Brunswick, NJ, 1988), p. 147, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=4533, accessed: 28 March 2024

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