Record Number: 13921

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Write and finish Walther - In the evening I go out in the boat with Shelley - and he afterwards goes up to Diodati - begin one of Madame de Genlis novels - Shelley finishes Tacitus'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

17 Aug 1816

Country:

Switzerland

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Geneva
specific address: Maison Chapuis

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:

Mary Godwin

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

30 Aug 1797

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Switzerland

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

later Mary Shelley

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Text Being Read:

Author:

August H.J. Lafontaine

Title:

Walther oder das Kind vom Schlachtfeld

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

trans. into French by Henri Villemain as "Walther; ou l'enfant du champ de bataille"

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

13921

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Paula R. Feldman

Title:

The Journals of Mary Shelley 1814-1844

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1987

Vol:

I

Page:

126

Additional Comments:

Additional editor, Diana Scott-Kilvert

Citation:

Paula R. Feldman (ed.), The Journals of Mary Shelley 1814-1844, (Oxford, 1987), I, p. 126, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=13921, accessed: 24 March 2025

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Additional Comments:

None