Record Number: 13980
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Shelley reads Plutarch in Greek - Lord B - comes down & stays here an hour - I read a novel in the evening'
Century:1800-1849
Date:18 Aug 1816
Country:Switzerland
Timeevening
Place:city: Geneva
specific address: Maison Chapuis
(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:30 Aug 1797
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:writer
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Switzerland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
later Mary Shelley
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[a novel]
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:13980
Source:n/a
Editor:Paula R. Feldman
Title:The Journals of Mary Shelley 1814-1844
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1987
Vol:I
Page:126
Additional Comments:
Additional editor, Diana Scott-Kilvert
Citation:
Paula R. Feldman (ed.), The Journals of Mary Shelley 1814-1844, (Oxford, 1987), I, p. 126, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=13980, accessed: 11 November 2024
Additional Comments:
Book may have been by Madame de Genlis.