Record Number: 12825

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I spent the whole afternoon reading some of Mde. de Sevigne's letters'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

4 Aug 1804

Country:

England

Time

afternoon

Place:

other location: a convent school

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:

Harriet Wynne

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

Catholic

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:

Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de Sevigne

Title:

[Letters]

Genre:

Autobiog / Diary, Letters

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

12825

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Anne Fremantle

Title:

The Wynne Diaries

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1940

Vol:

III

Page:

128

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Anne Fremantle (ed.), The Wynne Diaries, (London, 1940), III, p. 128, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12825, accessed: 09 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

None