Record Number: 15605

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Thursday March. 15th. [...] Begin the Hero & Leander of Schiller.' [reading from this text also recorded in journal entry for 18 March 1821, with 'Finish the Hero und Leander von Schiller' recorded on March 21].

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 15 Mar 1821 and 21 Mar 1821

Country:

Italy

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Florence

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:

Claire Clairmont

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

27 Apr 1798

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

trainee writer

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Italy

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

J. C. F. von Schiller

Title:

Hero und Leander

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

15605

Source:

Print

Author:

Claire Clairmont

Editor:

Marion Kingston Stocking

Title:

The Journals of Claire Clairmont

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Date of Publication:

1968

Vol:

n/a

Page:

216-217

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Claire Clairmont, Marion Kingston Stocking (ed.), The Journals of Claire Clairmont, (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1968), p. 216-217, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=15605, accessed: 09 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

None