Record Number: 15862
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Since I left Rome I have read several books of Livy - Antenor - Clarissa Harlowe - The Spectator - a few novels - & am now reading the Bible & Lucan's Pharsalia - & Dante'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 4 May 1819 and 4 Aug 1819
Country:Italy
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: 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:Italy
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Ab Urbe Condita
Genre:Classics, History
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:15862
Source: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:293
Additional Comments:
additional editor Diana Scott-Kilvert
Citation:
Paula R. Feldman (ed.), The Journals of Mary Shelley 1814-1844, (Oxford, 1987), I, p. 293, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=15862, accessed: 08 October 2024
Additional Comments:
Other references to reading this text are not all given separate entries