Record Number: 17126
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
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Place:city: London
specific address: 24 Chester Square
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solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
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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
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Wit and Humour
Genre:Miscellany / Anthology
Form of Text:Print: Book
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given by Hunt
Source Information:
Record ID:17126
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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
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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: 08 October 2024
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