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Record Number: 2537


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

" Read Betula (sic) Liberata to my beloved. Explained all the difficult passages."

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

22 Jan 1788

Country:

Wales

Time

n/a

Place:

location in dwelling: home, indoors

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Lady Eleanor Butler

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1745

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Ireland

Country of Experience:

Wales

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

friend


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Metastasio

Title:

Betulia Liberata

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

2537

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Elizabeth Mavor

Title:

A Year With The Ladies Of Llangollen

Place of Publication:

Harmondsworth

Date of Publication:

1986

Vol:

n/a

Page:

26

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Elizabeth Mavor (ed.), A Year With The Ladies Of Llangollen, (Harmondsworth, 1986), p. 26, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=2537, accessed: 07 May 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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