| Evidence: | 'Then we write a part of the romance and read some Shakespears [sic]'. |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 27 Aug 1814 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Switzerland | ||||||||||
| Time: | afternoon: After dining evening |
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| Place: | city: Lucerne specific address: Le Cheval / Gasthaus zum Rossli |
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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: | Poet / author |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | Switzerland |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Mary Shelley and Claire Clairmont |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | William Shakespeare |
| Title: | Plays including Richard III and King Lear |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 8438 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Mary Shelley | |
| Editor: | Paula Feldman | |
| Title: | The Journals of Mary Shelley | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1995 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 20 | |
| Additional comments: | Other editor Diana Scott-Kilvert |
| Citation: | Mary Shelley, Paula Feldman (ed.), The Journals of Mary Shelley (London, 1995), p. 20, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=8438, accessed: 28 March 2023 | |
| Notes by the editors state that Claire Clairmont's reactions are contained in her journal. It is not clear who is actually reading and who listening. |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 27th Apr 2016 3:15pm (GMT)