Record Number: 19053
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'We have had a very blowing night [...] I was set this morning very gingerly by the fire-side in an elbow chair I had made lash to for me close by the Cabin Stove, with my back to the door. I had taken up a book and was reading as composedly as if sitting in my closet. I did not however enjoy this calm situation long, for presently I heard a rumbling just behind me [...] what was my surprize, when the cabin-door burst open and I was overwhelmed with an immense wave, which broke my chair from its moorings [...] I found myself swimming amongst joint-stools, chests, Tables and all the various furniture of our parlour.'
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between 25 Oct 1774 and 31 Dec 1774
Country:in transit
Timemorning
Place:other location: At sea, aboard the Jamaica Packet
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:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:none
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:in transit
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:unknown
Genre:Unknown
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:19053
Source:Janet Schaw
Editor:Evangeline Walker Andrews with Charles MacLean Andrews
Title:Journal of a Lady of Quality; Being the Narrative of a Journey from Scotland to the West Indies, North Carolina, and Portugal, in the Years 1774 to 1776
Place of Publication:New Haven
Date of Publication:1934
Vol:n/a
Page:42
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Janet Schaw, Evangeline Walker Andrews with Charles MacLean Andrews (ed.), Journal of a Lady of Quality; Being the Narrative of a Journey from Scotland to the West Indies, North Carolina, and Portugal, in the Years 1774 to 1776, (New Haven, 1934), p. 42, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19053, accessed: 09 November 2024
Additional Comments:
Source ed. conjectures reader between 35 and 40 years old.