Record Number: 16098

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

[Mary Shelley's Reading List of texts read by both herself and Shelley in 1819. All texts are mentioned in journal entries so are not given separate entries here] 'M&S Histoires des Republics Italiennes par Sismondi Forsyth's tour Boccacio Dante's Paradiso and Purgatorio Several plays of Shakespeare - Beaumont and Fletcher &c. Ben Jonson Voyages d'Antenor Massinger 4 vols of Clarendon Paradise Lost Remorse - Undine - Novels &c &c'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1819 and 31 Dec 1819

Country:

Italy

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

Reading Group:

Mary and Percy Shelley

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Unknown

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

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:

John Milton

Title:

Paradise Lost

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

16098

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:

303

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Paula R. Feldman (ed.), The Journals of Mary Shelley 1814-1844, (Oxford, 1987), I, p. 303, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16098, accessed: 09 December 2024

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Additional Comments:

Additional editor Diana Scott-Kilvert