Record Number: 8720

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Mary Berry, Journal, Friday 9 April [Good Friday] 1784: 'In the evening [...] To the Academy of Arcadians, which was a great crowd of abbati in a room much too samll for the company. The subject for that evening was the Passion of our Saviour. I heard a number of sonnets read: one treated the subject in a ludicrous style, and the whole room went into repeated roars of laughter.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

9 Apr 1784

Country:

Italy

Time

evening

Place:

city: Rome

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Listener:

Mary Berry

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

16 Mar 1763

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

none

Religion:

Anglican

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Italy

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

unknown

Title:

Sonnets on the Passion of Christ

Genre:

Other religious, Poetry

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

8720

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Lady Theresa Lewis

Title:

Extracts of the Journal and Correspondence of Miss Berry From the Year 1783 to 1852

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1865

Vol:

1

Page:

108

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Lady Theresa Lewis (ed.), Extracts of the Journal and Correspondence of Miss Berry From the Year 1783 to 1852, (London, 1865), 1, p. 108, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=8720, accessed: 16 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

None