Record Number: 17293
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'[Roger] Ascham (1515-68) [...] visited the ill-fated Lady Jane Grey (1537-54) in 1550 and describes in [italics]The Scholemaster[end italics] (1570) how he found her reading Plato while the rest of the household was out hunting.'
Century:1500-1599
Date:Between 1 Jan 1550 and 31 Dec 1550
Country:England
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Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Child (0-17)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:1537
Socio-Economic Group:Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation:pretender to English throne
Religion:Protestant
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:unknown
Genre:Classics, Philosophy
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:17293
Source:n/a
Editor:Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson
Title:The Brownings' Correspondence
Place of Publication:Winfield
Date of Publication:1990
Vol:8
Page:170 n.4
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 1990), 8, p. 170 n.4, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=17293, accessed: 09 May 2025
Additional Comments:
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