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Record Number: 12271


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I worked till supper with [Madame de Bombelles] whilst Mama read something from "L'Ami des Enfants".'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

23 Nov 1791

Country:

Austria

Time

evening: before supper

Place:

city: Wardeck

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Agathe Wynne

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

Catholic

Country of Origin:

France

Country of Experience:

Austria

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

Elizabeth (Betsey) Wynne, Madame de Bombelles


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

[unknown]

Title:

L'Ami des Enfants

Genre:

Ephemera

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

12271

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Anne Fremantle

Title:

The Wynne Diaries

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1935

Vol:

I

Page:

86

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Anne Fremantle (ed.), The Wynne Diaries, (London, 1935), I, p. 86, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12271, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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