| Evidence: | 'Read 16th Canto of Ariosto - Read Gibbon - S. reads the Memorabilia of Zenophon' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 12 Jun 1818 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Italy | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Bagni de Lucca specific address: Casa Bertini |
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| Reader: | Mary Shelley |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 30 Aug 1797 |
| Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
| Occupation: | writer |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | Italy |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Edward Gibbon |
| Title: | History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire |
| Genre: | History |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 14825 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | n/a | |
| Editor: | Paula R. Feldman | |
| Title: | The Journals of Mary Shelley 1814-1844 | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1987 | |
| Vol: | I | |
| Page: | 213 | |
| Additional comments: | Additional editor - Diana Scott-Kilvert |
| Citation: | Paula R. Feldman (ed.), The Journals of Mary Shelley 1814-1844 (Oxford, 1987), I, p. 213, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=14825, accessed: 22 May 2013 | |
| The Shelleys had been reading Gibbon on and off since 1814. Further references at this time are not given separate entries |
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