Record Number: 3025

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Got to Mr Knights 1/4 after 3 and was with him full an hour and a half [...]These questions were all asked as soon as I had done reading Latin. By the timeI began with Lucian, my mind was a little recovered and I construed Greek.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

4 Nov 1817

Country:

England

Time

After 3.15pm and before 4.45pm

Place:

location in dwelling: Mr Knight's home

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary reactive 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:

Heir to land and industrial property at Shibden Hall, near Halifax, Yorks. [inherits 1824]

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

yes, unsure who

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Lucian

Title:

n/a

Genre:

Classics

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Greek

Provenance

read in situ

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Source Information:

Record ID:

3025

Source:

Print

Author:

Anne Lister

Editor:

Helena Whitbread

Title:

The Diaries of Anne Lister 1791-1840

Place of Publication:

Otley

Date of Publication:

1992

Vol:

n/a

Page:

17-18

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Anne Lister, Helena Whitbread (ed.), The Diaries of Anne Lister 1791-1840, (Otley, 1992), p. 17-18, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3025, accessed: 16 March 2025

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Additional Comments:

None