Record Number: 1684
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
William Wordsworth (visiting Paris) to Helen Maria Williams, [15 October 1820], 'I had the honour of receiving your letter yesterday Evening, together with the several copies of your tender and beautiful Verses ... Allow me this opportunity of expressing the pleasure I shall have in possessing this little tribute from yourself - as also, the gratification which the perusal of both the Poems [including 'The Charter'] has afforded me.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 14 Oct 1820 and 15 Oct 1820
Country:France
Timen/a
Place:city: Paris
specific address: 45 Rue Charlot
(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:Male
Date of Birth:7 Apr 1770
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:France
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Charter; addressed to my nephew Athanase C. L. Coquerel, on his wedding day, 1819
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Manuscript: Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:1684
Source:William and Dorothy Wordsworth
Editor:Ernest De Selincourt
Title:The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth: The Middle Years Part Two
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1970
Vol:2
Page:646
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
William and Dorothy Wordsworth, Ernest De Selincourt (ed.), The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth: The Middle Years Part Two, (Oxford, 1970), 2, p. 646, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=1684, accessed: 26 April 2024
Additional Comments:
one other poem was also read.
