Record Number: 26044

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Everything seems to have been designed to develop the serious fold in her nature. At ten, the poor infant was reading Smollett's History [...] She summed up her impression with scornful lucidity: "There seem to have been more weak kings than wise ones."'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1802 and 17 May 1803

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Anne Isabella Milbanke

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

17 May 1792

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Tobias Smollett

Title:

History

Genre:

History, Biography, Politics

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

26044

Source:

Print

Author:

Ethel Colburn Mayne

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The Life and Letters of Anne Isabella, Lady Noel Byron

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1929

Vol:

n/a

Page:

7

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Ethel Colburn Mayne, The Life and Letters of Anne Isabella, Lady Noel Byron, (London, 1929), p. 7, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=26044, accessed: 29 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None