Record Number: 16156
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Translate S...a [Spinoza] with Shelley - He read [sic] Sophocles and the Bible - & King John & First Part Henry IV aloud. - Finish 31st book of Livy - Finish Proverbs, Ecclesiastes & Solomon's Song'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 16 Jan 1820 and 21 Jan 1820
Country:Italy
Timen/a
Place:city: Florence
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:
Reading Group: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Unknown
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:writers
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
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Tractatus Theologico-politicus
Genre:Philosophy
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:16156
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:306
Additional Comments:
additional editor Diana Scott-Kilvert
Citation:
Paula R. Feldman (ed.), The Journals of Mary Shelley 1814-1844, (Oxford, 1987), I, p. 306, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16156, accessed: 09 December 2024
Additional Comments:
The Shelleys were reading this work in order to translate; not every reference is given a separate entry