Evidence: | Journals of Mary Shelley
"We read part of l'Abbe Barruels histoire de Jacobinism" |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | 23 Aug 1814 | ||||||||||
Country: | Switzerland | ||||||||||
Time: | daytime | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Lucerne other location: In a boat on the lake |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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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 |
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 |
Record ID: | 8199 | |
Source - | ||
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 |
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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