Record Number: 16098
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
[Mary Shelley's Reading List of texts read by both herself and Shelley in 1819. All texts are mentioned in journal entries so are not given separate entries here] 'M&S Histoires des Republics Italiennes par Sismondi Forsyth's tour Boccacio Dante's Paradiso and Purgatorio Several plays of Shakespeare - Beaumont and Fletcher &c. Ben Jonson Voyages d'Antenor Massinger 4 vols of Clarendon Paradise Lost Remorse - Undine - Novels &c &c'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jan 1819 and 31 Dec 1819
Country:Italy
Timen/a
Place:n/a
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:
Reading Group: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Unknown
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:n/a
Religion:n/a
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:Paradise Lost
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:16098
Source:n/a
Editor:Paula R. Feldman
Title:The Journals of Mary Shelley 1814-1844
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1987
Vol:I
Page:303
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Paula R. Feldman (ed.), The Journals of Mary Shelley 1814-1844, (Oxford, 1987), I, p. 303, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16098, accessed: 03 November 2024
Additional Comments:
Additional editor Diana Scott-Kilvert