Record Number: 1214
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'We received the Books a week ago ... We have all already to thank you for a great deal of delight which we have received from them ... I have not quite finished the anecdotes of Frederick which I find exceedingly amusing; and instructive, also, as giving a lively portrait of the hard-heartedness and selfishness, and servility of the courtiers of a tyrant, and of the unsatisfactoriness of such a life.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Feb 1807 and 15 Feb 1807
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(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:25 Dec 1771
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:n/a
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Anecdotes of Frederick II
Genre:History, Biography
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsTranslation; 1805.
Provenanceunknown
Sent by Lady Beaumont
Source Information:
Record ID:1214
Source:William and Dorothy Wordsworth
Editor:Ernest De Selincourt
Title:The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth. The Middle Years, Part I: 1806-1811
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1969
Vol:1
Page:133-34
Additional Comments:
From Dorothy Wordsworth to Lady Beaumont, "Sunday Evening. [Feb. 15 1807]".
Citation:
William and Dorothy Wordsworth, Ernest De Selincourt (ed.), The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth. The Middle Years, Part I: 1806-1811, (Oxford, 1969), 1, p. 133-34, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=1214, accessed: 22 April 2025
Additional Comments:
None
