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Record 7849

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'In the afternoon, Mrs M & I walked to the quay hotel etc. where we met Mrs Hening of Chichester who was staying in lodgings at Littlehampton. We however found it so cold & blustery, that we were soon glad to return to our inn, where Mrs M amused herself with the novel of "Rosina".'
Century: 1700-1799
Date: 15 Sep 1794
Country: England
Time: afternoon
Place: city: Littlehampton
other location: lodgings
   
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: Marsh
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: wife of Musian / composer / gentleman
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: Miss Pilkington
Title: Rosina
Genre: Fiction
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 7849  
Source - Print  
  Author: John Marsh
  Editor: Brian Robins
  Title: The John Marsh Journals. The life and times of a gentleman composer (1752-1828)
  Place of Publication: New York
  Date of Publication: 1998
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 560
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: John Marsh, Brian Robins (ed.), The John Marsh Journals. The life and times of a gentleman composer (1752-1828) (New York, 1998), p. 560, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=7849, accessed: 02 May 2024

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