Record Number: 3013

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'From 7.40 to 9 1/2 reading aloud to myself from p.42 to 50 (very carefully) vol.I Rousseau's Confessions. I READ this work so attentively for the style's sake. Besides this is a singularly unique display of character.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

15 May 1824

Country:

France

Time

evening: 7.40-9.30 pm

Place:

location in dwelling: 'upstairs'

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 Lister

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

3 Apr 1791

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

Inherited a small estate

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

France

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Jean Jaques Rousseau

Title:

Confessions

Genre:

Politics, Philosophy

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1781 French

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

3013

Source:

Print

Author:

Anne Lister

Editor:

Helena Whitbread

Title:

No Priest But Love- The Journals of Anne Lister From 1824-1826

Place of Publication:

Otley

Date of Publication:

1992

Vol:

n/a

Page:

103

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Anne Lister, Helena Whitbread (ed.), No Priest But Love- The Journals of Anne Lister From 1824-1826, (Otley, 1992), p. 103, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3013, accessed: 03 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None