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Record 8866

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'I read part of Alexy. I repeated one of my own poems.'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: 8 Oct 1814
Country: England
Time: night: Early hours of the morning 3-4 a.m.
Place: London
5 Church Terrace, St. Pancras
   
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 Female
Date of Birth 4 Aug 1792
Socio-economic group: Gentry
Occupation: Writer
Religion: Atheist
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
Claire Clairmont
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Thomas Jefferson Hogg
Title: Memoirs of Prince Alexy Haimatoff, translated from the oiginl Latin MS. under the immediate inspection of the prince by John Brown, Esq.
Genre: Fiction
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: owned

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 8866  
Source - Print  
  Author: Mary Shelley
  Editor: Paula R. Feldman
  Title: The Journals of Mary Shelley
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1995
  Vol: 1
  Page: 33
  Additional comments: Additional editor Diana Scott-Kilvert

Citation: Mary Shelley, Paula R. Feldman (ed.), The Journals of Mary Shelley (London, 1995), 1, p. 33, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=8866, accessed: 29 March 2024

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