Record Number: 15823

---

Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Wednesday July 11th. Read Edgeworth's Memoirs. [...] 'Thursday July 12th. [...] Read Life of Edgeworth -- I think their system seems to aim at making the mind satisfied with little.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 11 Jul 1821 and 12 Jul 1821

Country:

Italy

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Leghorn

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:

Claire Clairmont

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

27 Apr 1798

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Italy

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

---

Text Being Read:

Author:

Richard Lovell and Maria Edgeworth

Title:

Memoirs of Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Esq. Begun by Himself and Concluded by His Daughter, Maria Edgeworth

Genre:

Biography, Autobiog / Diary

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

2 vols. London, 1820

Provenance

unknown

---

Source Information:

Record ID:

15823

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

241

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Claire Clairmont, Marion Kingston Stocking (ed.), The Journals of Claire Clairmont, (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1968), p. 241, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=15823, accessed: 09 May 2025

---

Additional Comments:

None