Record Number: 15558
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Thursday August 10th. Finish Caleb Williams -- Read Symposion [sic] [...] Translate Demosthenes. Read Saggio Istorico. [...] 'Friday August 11th. Read Symposion [sic].'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 10 Aug 1820 and 11 Aug 1820
Country:Italy
Timen/a
Place:city: Bagni di PIsa
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:27 Apr 1798
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:trainee writer
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Italy
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Symposium
Genre:Classics, Philosophy
Form of Text:Unknown
Publication DetailsSource editor suggests it may have been in English translation by P. B. Shelley.
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:15558
Source:Claire Clairmont
Editor:Marion Kingston Stocking
Title:The Journals of Claire Clairmont
Place of Publication:Cambridge, Massachusetts
Date of Publication:1968
Vol:n/a
Page:168-169
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Claire Clairmont, Marion Kingston Stocking (ed.), The Journals of Claire Clairmont, (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1968), p. 168-169, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=15558, accessed: 09 May 2025
Additional Comments:
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