Record Number: 8198

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Journals of Mary Shelley "We go out on the rocks & Shelley & I read part of Mary a fiction"

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

17 Aug 1814

Country:

France

Time

evening

Place:

city: Morre
other location: Rocks near by village

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:

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

4 Aug 1792

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

Writer / Poet

Religion:

Atheist

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

France

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

Mary Godwin

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Mary Wollstonecraft

Title:

Mary, a fiction

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1788

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

8198

Source:

Print

Author:

Mary Shelley

Editor:

Paula Feldman

Title:

The Journals of Mary Shelley

Place of Publication:

London (John Hopkins Press Ltd.)

Date of Publication:

1995

Vol:

n/a

Page:

15

Additional Comments:

Also edited by Diana Scott-Kilvert

Citation:

Mary Shelley, Paula Feldman (ed.), The Journals of Mary Shelley, (London (John Hopkins Press Ltd.), 1995), p. 15, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=8198, accessed: 13 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

It is not clear if Percy or Mary is reading or if they took it in turns. It is possible that Claire Clairmont was also present