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Record Number: 28993


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'In the latter part of her life devoted the most of her secret and leisure hours to Mr Henrys Annotations which she would often say were the most plain, profitable and pleasant she ever read and the last books (next to the Bible) she would ever part with'

Century:

1600-1699, 1700-1799

Date:

Between 1650 and 1720

Country:

n/a

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Elizabeth Bury

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1650

Socio-Economic Group:

n/a

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Henry

Title:

[Annotations]

Genre:

Bible, Other religious

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

n/a


Source Information:

Record ID:

28993

Source:

Print

Author:

Elizabeth Bury

Editor:

n/a

Title:

An account of the life and death of Mrs. Elizabeth Bury, who died, May the 11th 1720. Aged 76. Chiefly collected out of her own diary. ...

Place of Publication:

Bristol

Date of Publication:

1721

Vol:

n/a

Page:

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Elizabeth Bury, An account of the life and death of Mrs. Elizabeth Bury, who died, May the 11th 1720. Aged 76. Chiefly collected out of her own diary. ... , (Bristol, 1721), http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28993, accessed: 13 May 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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