Record Number: 28963

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Printed diary[.] The ladies new and polite pocket memorandum-book, for ... 1765, completed in manuscript and containing details of expenditure on clothes and social engagements. The diary was kept by an unnamed girl under the age of 21, who appears to have lived near Rugby, Warwickshire. [...] She also mentions reading Gil Blas de Santillane by Alain-Rene LeSage (1715-1735) and the Tatler ...'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Country:

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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:

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

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Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

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Country of Experience:

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

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Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Alain-Rene LeSage

Title:

Gil Blas de Santillane

Genre:

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Form of Text:

Publication Details

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Provenance

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28963

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

n/a

Title:

Parker family papers

Location:

Senate House Library

Call No:

MS744

Page/Folio:

n/a

Additional Information:

n/a

Citation:

Parker family papers, Senate House Library, MS744, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28963, accessed: 03 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

Details taken from the archives and manuscripts catalogue of Senate House Library, University of London.