Record Number: 32859
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Looked over the notes Mrs. Lefanu had written on Watkin's life of her brother - little in them - chiefly about her father's respectability etc. etc. which, though very interesting to herself, has little to do with [italics] my [italics] object, Richard Brinsly [sic]
Century:1800-1849
Date:26 Aug 1818
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Bromham
county: Wiltshire
specific address: Sloperton Cottage
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:28 May 1779
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
Religion:Roman Catholic
Country of Origin:Ireland
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Memoirs of the Public and Private Life of the Right Honorable Richard Brinsley Sheridan, with a Particular Account of His Family and Connexions.
Genre:Biography
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsLondon: Henry Colburn, 1817.
Provenanceborrowed (other)
Source Information:
Record ID:32859
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
Thomas Moore. The Journal of Thomas Moore. Vol. 1, 1818-1820. Edited by Wilfred S. Dowden, Barbara Bartholomew and Joy L. Linsley. Newark, London and Toronto: University of Delaware Press and Associated University Presses, 1983, p. 32. Electronic edition: Google Play Books, no date.
Additional Information:
Diary entry for 26 August 1818.
Citation:
Thomas Moore. The Journal of Thomas Moore. Vol. 1, 1818-1820. Edited by Wilfred S. Dowden, Barbara Bartholomew and Joy L. Linsley. Newark, London and Toronto: University of Delaware Press and Associated University Presses, 1983, p. 32. Electronic edition: Google Play Books, no date., http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32859, accessed: 19 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Moore was supplied this book by Mrs. Anne Elizabeth Le Fanu, younger sister of Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Moore was gathering materials for his Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan, which he published in 1825.
