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Record 6151

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'My wife read the 20th and 21st numbers of "The Guardian" to me, which I think extremely good, the first of which shows how indispensable a duty forgiveness is and the last how much mankind must be delighted with the prospect of the happiness of a future state.'
Century: 1700-1799
Date: 25 Sep 1755
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: East Hoathly
county: Sussex
location in dwelling: home
   
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:Peggy Turner
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 1732
Socio-economic group: Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation: wife of shopkeeper
Religion: Church of England
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
Thomas Turner (her husband)
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author:
Title: The Guardian
Genre: Essays / Criticism
Form of Text: Print: Serial / periodical
Publication details: 20th and 21st numbers
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 6151  
Source - Print  
  Author: Thomas Turner
  Editor: David Vaisey
  Title: The Diary of Thomas Turner
  Place of Publication: Oxford
  Date of Publication: 1984
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 14
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Thomas Turner, David Vaisey (ed.), The Diary of Thomas Turner (Oxford, 1984), p. 14, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=6151, accessed: 28 April 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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