Record Number: 27838

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'[Lord Lyttleton] presented me with the works of Miss Aikin (now Mrs Barbauld). I read them with rapture; I thought them the most beautiful Poems I had ever seen, and considered the woman who could invent such poetry, as the most to be envied of human creatures.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1773 and 31 Dec 1776

Country:

n/a

Time

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Place:

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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:

Mary Robinson

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

27 Nov 1758

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Lawyer's wife

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Anna Laetitia Aikin

Title:

Poems

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1773

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

27838

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

M. J. Levy

Title:

Perdita. The Memoirs of Mary Robinson

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1994

Vol:

n/a

Page:

54-55

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

M. J. Levy (ed.), Perdita. The Memoirs of Mary Robinson, (London, 1994), p. 54-55, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=27838, accessed: 04 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

Lyttleton, described by Robinson as 'perhaps the most accomplished libertine that any age or country has produced,' was a friend of her husband's, who was attempting to seduce her.