Record Number: 17126

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'In looking over my note I find that I have not half said all I think of the admirable manner you treat the subject of your book in the preface. Did you ever read any of Quevedo? the Spanish wit? - whose dry humour is very pointed - His account of the different awakenings of different characters for the day of Judgement is one among many specimens' [letter to Leigh Hunt]

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Until: 12 Nov 1846

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London
specific address: 24 Chester Square

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:

Mary Shelley

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

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Leigh Hunt

Title:

Wit and Humour

Genre:

Miscellany / Anthology

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned
given by Hunt

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Source Information:

Record ID:

17126

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Betty T. Bennett

Title:

The Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Place of Publication:

Baltimore / London

Date of Publication:

1988

Vol:

III

Page:

300-01

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Betty T. Bennett (ed.), The Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, (Baltimore / London, 1988), III, p. 300-01, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=17126, accessed: 10 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None