Record Number: 15948

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Saturday [...] January 7th. [...] Begin reading Gothe's translation of Benvenuto Cellini's Memoirs.' [records another reading from this text, with Chretien-Hermann Gambs, in journal entry for 8 January 1826].

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 7 Jan 1826 and 8 Jan 1826

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Benvenuto Cellini

Title:

Eine Geschichte des XVI Jahrhunderts

Genre:

History, Autobiog / Diary, Arts / architecture

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

In German translation by Goethe

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

15948

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:

395

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Claire Clairmont, Marion Kingston Stocking (ed.), The Journals of Claire Clairmont, (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1968), p. 395, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=15948, accessed: 20 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None