Record Number: 6124
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'We are reading the "Seven Lamps of Architecture", some part very pretty, other by writing fine [though] very nonsensical, other very powerful, and the beginnings of chapters only fit to be in German.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:22 Aug 1850
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Otterbourne
county: Hampshire
specific address: Otterbourne House
(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:Female
Date of Birth:11 Aug 1823
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:novelist
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
Frances Mary Yonge (mother), William Crawley Yonge (father)
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Seven Lamps of Architecture
Genre:Arts / architecture
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsSmith, Elder: 1849
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:6124
Source:Charlotte Mary Yonge
Editor:Christabel Rose Coleridge
Title:Charlotte Mary Yonge: Her Life and Letters
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1903
Vol:n/a
Page:178
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Charlotte Mary Yonge, Christabel Rose Coleridge (ed.), Charlotte Mary Yonge: Her Life and Letters, (London, 1903), p. 178, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=6124, accessed: 11 November 2024
Additional Comments:
None