Record Number: 3156

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

down the newbank to Halifax. Called at a shop or 2, and at Miss Kitson's. Went for 1/2 hour tothe library till the Saltmarshes had done dinner. Read a few pp. of a translation of Cicero's treatise on old age. Went to the Saltmarshes at 3.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

20 Apr 1822

Country:

England

Time

daytime: a 1/2 hour between 2 and 3pm

Place:

city: Halifax
specific address: Halifax Library
other location: library

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:

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Cicero

Title:

On/the book of old age

Genre:

Classics

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ

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Source Information:

Record ID:

3156

Source:

Print

Author:

Anne Lister

Editor:

Helena Whitbread

Title:

I know my own heart: The Diaries of Anne Lister 1791-1840

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1988

Vol:

n/a

Page:

184

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Anne Lister, Helena Whitbread (ed.), I know my own heart: The Diaries of Anne Lister 1791-1840, (London, 1988), p. 184, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3156, accessed: 03 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None