Record Number: 12282

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'have you read the Story of China written by a Portuguese, Fernando Mendez Pinto I think his name is . . . tis as diverting a book of the kinde as ever I read, and is handsomly written.'

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

Between 1 Feb 1654 and 28 Feb 1654

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:

Fernao Mendes Pinto

Title:

Peregrinacao

Genre:

Geography / Travel

Form of Text:

Print: BookManuscript: Letter

Publication Details

first published in 1614, Osborne may have read it in French, 1628 or 1645

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

12282

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:

184

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Dorothy Osborne, Kenneth Parker (ed.), Letters to Sir William Temple, (London, 1987), p. 184, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12282, accessed: 10 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None