Record Number: 12275

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I have read your Reyne Margerite and will retourne it you when you please. If you will have my opinion of her, I think she has a good deale of witt . . . But the storry of Mademoisell de Tournon, is soe sad that when I had read it I was able to goe noe further, and was faine to take up something else to divert my self withall'.

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

Between 1 Feb 1653 and 28 Feb 1653

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

county: Bedfordshire
specific address: Chicksands Priory

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:

Dorothy Osborne

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1627

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

Anglican

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Marguerite de Valois

Title:

Memoires de la Reyne Marguerite

Genre:

Autobiog / Diary

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Paris, 1628 (in French)

Provenance

borrowed (other)

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Source Information:

Record ID:

12275

Source:

Print

Author:

Dorothy Osborne

Editor:

Kenneth Parker

Title:

Letters to Sir William Temple

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1987

Vol:

n/a

Page:

57

Additional Comments:

The 'storry of Mademoisell de Tournon' referred to is included in the Memoires de la Reyne Marguerite, the text being read.

Citation:

Dorothy Osborne, Kenneth Parker (ed.), Letters to Sir William Temple, (London, 1987), p. 57, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12275, accessed: 14 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None