| Evidence: | 'Even during their elopement in Switzerland and Germany in 1814, Shelley read to her: "The Siege of Jerusalem" from Tacitus is read by Lake Lucerne, and as they sail to Mainz he "read to us Mary Wollstonecraft's 'Letters from Norway'."' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1814 and 31 Dec 1814 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Switzerland | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | other location: Sailing to Mainz | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Percy Bysshe Shelley |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 4 Aug 1792 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Religion: | unknown |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | Switzerland |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, later Mary Shelley |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Mary Wollstonecraft |
| Title: | Letters written during a short residence in Sweden, Norway and Denmark |
| Genre: | Autobiog / Diary, Geography / Travel |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 6237 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Jacqueline Pearson | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Women reading in Britain, 1750-1835. A dangerous recreation | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
| Date of Publication: | 1999 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 98 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Jacqueline Pearson, Women reading in Britain, 1750-1835. A dangerous recreation (Cambridge, 1999), p. 98, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=6237, accessed: 17 April 2024 | |
| See Mary and Percy Bysshe Shelley, History of a six weeks tour (1817), p. 62. |
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