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Record 8721

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Lady Theresa Lewis reproduces passages from posthumously-published writings of the 23-year-old Madame Roland, transcribed by Mary Berry when aged 22, 'as parallel to her own reflections [which also written in French]'.
Century: 1700-1799
Date: Between 16 Mar 1785 and 31 Dec 1785
Country: unknown
Time: n/a
Place: n/a
   
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:Mary Berry
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 16 Mar 1763
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: none
Religion: Anglican
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: unknown
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Madame Roland
Title: (passages from) Reverie du Bois de Vincennes
Genre: Autobiog / Diary
Form of Text: Unknown
Publication details: Not published until 1800
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 8721  
Source - Print  
  Author: n/a
  Editor: Lady Theresa Lewis
  Title: Extracts of the Journal and Correspondence of Miss Berry From the Year 1783 to 1852
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1865
  Vol: 1
  Page: 147-49
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Lady Theresa Lewis (ed.), Extracts of the Journal and Correspondence of Miss Berry From the Year 1783 to 1852 (London, 1865), 1, p. 147-49, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=8721, accessed: 28 March 2024

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