Record Number: 5990

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'In October 1792... the Larpents were reading Joseph Priestley on The Origin of government 'rather to lead conversation and observation than as a followed reading.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Between 1 Oct 1792 and 31 Oct 1792

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

location in dwelling: home

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:

John Larpent

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Civil servant

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

His wife, Anna Larpent

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Joseph Priestley

Title:

On the origin of government

Genre:

Politics, Philosophy

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

5990

Source:

Print

Author:

John Brewer

Editor:

James Raven

Title:

The practice and representation of reading in England, essay entitled 'Reconstructing the reader'

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

1996

Vol:

n/a

Page:

242

Additional Comments:

Editors James Raven, Helen Small and Naomi Tadmor.

Citation:

John Brewer, James Raven (ed.), The practice and representation of reading in England, essay entitled 'Reconstructing the reader', (Cambridge, 1996), p. 242, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5990, accessed: 29 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Brewer gets his information from Larpent's diary, Huntington Museum HM 31201 . Larpent is reading with her husband in order to stimulate conversation, so presumably they are taking in it turns to read aloud.