Record Number: 16888
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I assure you, Dear Friend, that I did not read even one line of Signor Hunt's book until it was already published - in fact I didn't have the slightest idea of what it would contain - I beg you if ever this book falls into your hands, do not read it. - it would cause you pain' [translation of a letter from Mary Shelley to Teresa Guiccioli]
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jan 1828 and 1 May 1828
Country:England or France
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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:England or France
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Lord Byron and Some of his Contemporaries
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Biography
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Source Information:
Record ID:16888
Source:n/a
Editor:Betty T. Bennett
Title:The Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Place of Publication:Baltimore / London
Date of Publication:1983
Vol:II
Page:37
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Betty T. Bennett (ed.), The Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, (Baltimore / London, 1983), II, p. 37, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16888, accessed: 08 October 2024
Additional Comments:
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