Record Number: 12628
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I hope we shall have soon the Odyssey from your happy hand, and I think I shall follow with singular pleasure the traveller Ulysses, who was an observer of men and manners, when he travels in your harmonious numbers.'
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between 1 Jan 1689 and 1 Sep 1717
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Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:1689
Socio-Economic Group:Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation:Daughter of the fifth Earl of Kingston upon Hull. Wife of the British Ambassador to Constantinople.
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:n/a
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Odyssey
Genre:Classics
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:12628
Source:Mary, Lady Wortley Montagu
Editor:R. Brimley Johnson
Title:Letters from the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu 1709 to 1762
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1906
Vol:n/a
Page:149
Additional Comments:
Letter from Wortley Montagu to Alexander Pope. Taken from the Kessinger Publishing's Reprint of 1906 edition published by J.M.Dent
Citation:
Mary, Lady Wortley Montagu, R. Brimley Johnson (ed.), Letters from the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu 1709 to 1762, (London, 1906), n/a, p. 149, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12628, accessed: 28 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Letter was written from Belgrade. It would appear from this comment that Wortley Montagu already knew the Odyssey, and had read it before.
