Record Number: 15932

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Monday [...] Nov. 7th. [...] sit upon the divan & read Simple Susan with Johnny & M. G.' [also records reading this text in journal entries for 8, 10, 11 November 1825, with 'After dinner read aloud & finished Simple Susan' recorded on 15 November].

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 7 Nov 1825 and 15 Nov 1825

Country:

Russia

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Moscow

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

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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:

Governess

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Russia

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

John Nicolaivich (reader's pupil) Chretien-Hermann Gambs

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Maria Edgeworth

Title:

'Simple Susan'

Genre:

Fiction, Children's Lit

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

In vol. II of Edgeworth's The Parent's Assistant, or Stories for Children

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

15932

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:

371

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Claire Clairmont, Marion Kingston Stocking (ed.), The Journals of Claire Clairmont, (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1968), p. 371, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=15932, accessed: 09 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

None