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Record 8199

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Journals of Mary Shelley "We read part of l'Abbe Barruels histoire de Jacobinism"
Century: 1800-1849
Date: 23 Aug 1814
Country: Switzerland
Time: daytime
Place: city: Lucerne
other location: In a boat on the lake
   
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:Percy Bysshe Shelley
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 4 Aug 1792
Socio-economic group: Gentry
Occupation: Writer / Poet
Religion: Atheist
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: Switzerland
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
Mary Godwin
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Augustin Barruel
Title: Memoirs illustrating the History of Jacobinism
Genre: History, Autobiog / Diary
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: 1797-8 translated by R. Clifford
Provenance: owned

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 8199  
Source - Print  
  Author: Mary Shelley
  Editor: Paula Feldman
  Title: The Journals of Mary Shelley
  Place of Publication: London (John Hopkins Press Ltd.)
  Date of Publication: 1995
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 18
  Additional comments: Also edited by Diana Scott-Kilvert

Citation: Mary Shelley, Paula Feldman (ed.), The Journals of Mary Shelley (London (John Hopkins Press Ltd.), 1995), p. 18, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=8199, accessed: 28 March 2024

Additional comments:

It is not clear if Percy or Mary is reading or if they took it in turns. It is possible that Claire Clairmont was also present

 

 

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