Record Number: 16890
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I have tried to read Mme de Genlis' memoirs, but they are one large capital I from beginning to end; this amuses at first - but tires long before we get to the end of 8 vols. - Above all, dear, get the Promessi Sposi - at first you may lag a little, but as you get on the truth & perfect Italianism of the manners and desciptions - the beautiful language which differs from all other Italian prose - being really the Tusca[n] of the day that he writes, & not a bad imitation of the [ ] trecentisti - the pasion & even sublimity of parts rendered it to me a most delightful book - I can imagine a person who had not been to Italy not liking it but to [underlined] us [end underlining] it must be delightful.' [letter to Jane Williams Hogg]
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jan 1827 and 20 Jun 1828
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Type of Experience(Reader):
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solitary in company unknown
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:30 Aug 1797
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:Writer
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Country of Origin:England
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:I Promessi Sposi
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Source Information:
Record ID:16890
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Editor:Betty T. Bennett
Title:The Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Place of Publication:Baltimore / London
Date of Publication:1983
Vol:II
Page:48
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Citation:
Betty T. Bennett (ed.), The Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, (Baltimore / London, 1983), II, p. 48, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16890, accessed: 04 May 2024
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