Record Number: 1413

---

Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Dorothy Wordsworth to Jane Marshall, [c.19 February 1810] (letter fragmentary): 'Have you seen my Brother Christopher's publication? Lives of eminent men connected with Religion from the Reformation to the Revolution? I am reading it with great inter[est]. The lives of Cardinal Wolsey and Sir Thomas More are delightful.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Feb 1810 and 28 Feb 1810

Country:

England

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:

Dorothy Wordsworth

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

25 Dec 1771

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

writer

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

---

Text Being Read:

Author:

Christopher Wordsworth

Title:

Ecclesiastical Biography, or Lives of Eminent Men connected with the History of Religion in England

Genre:

Other religious, History, Biography

Form of Text:

Print: BookManuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

6 vols, 1810

Provenance

unknown

---

Source Information:

Record ID:

1413

Source:

Print

Author:

William and Dorothy Wordsworth

Editor:

Ernest De Selincourt

Title:

The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth: The Middle Years Part I (1806-1811)

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1969

Vol:

1

Page:

388

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

William and Dorothy Wordsworth, Ernest De Selincourt (ed.), The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth: The Middle Years Part I (1806-1811), (Oxford, 1969), 1, p. 388, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=1413, accessed: 25 April 2024

---

Additional Comments:

None