| Evidence: | "In 1617 the Countess [of Dorset, Pembroke, and Montgomery] noted recreational books that she was reading:
"'The 12th and 13th I spent most of the time in playing Gecko and in hearing Moll Neville read the Arcadia.'" |
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| Century: | 1600-1699 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 1617 | ||||||||||
| Country: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Moll Neville |
| Age | Unknown |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Unknown/NA |
| Occupation: | n/a |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | n/a |
| Country of experience: | n/a |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Anne Clifford, Countess of Dorset, Pembroke, and Montgomery |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Philip Sidney |
| Title: | The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 6059 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Suzanne W. Hull | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Chaste, Silent, and Obedient: English Books for Women 1475-1640 | |
| Place of Publication: | San Marino | |
| Date of Publication: | 1988 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 73 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Suzanne W. Hull, Chaste, Silent, and Obedient: English Books for Women 1475-1640 (San Marino, 1988), p. 73, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=6059, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
| Quotation from Lady Anne Clifford, Diary (London: Heinemann, 1924) 76. |
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