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Record Number: 3051


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Before breakfast + afterwards, from 11 to 1, making minutes + extracts from Hall's travels in France (it must go to the library today...He is an arrant republican in politics + would perhaps, style himself a philosopher in religion. Consequently, his sentiments + mine on these subjects who as a limited monarchist + a ProtestantChristian according to the established Church of England, are opposite almost as the poles. However, there is some information useful to a tourist.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

9 Dec 1819

Country:

England

Time

morning: 'Before breakfast + afterwards from 11 to 1'
daytime: 'Before breakfast + afterwards from 11 to 1'

Place:

city: Halifax
location in dwelling: Home

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:

Anne Lister

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

3 Apr 1791

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

heir to land and industrial property at Shibden Hall, near halifax, Yorks. [inherits 1824]

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



Text Being Read:

Author:

Colonel Francis Hall

Title:

Travels in France in 1818

Genre:

Geography / Travel, Politics

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

Borrowed (circulating library)


Source Information:

Record ID:

3051

Source:

Print

Author:

Anne Lister

Editor:

Helena Whitbread

Title:

The Diaries of Anne Lister 1791-1840

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1988

Vol:

n/a

Page:

108-109

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Anne Lister, Helena Whitbread (ed.), The Diaries of Anne Lister 1791-1840, (London, 1988), p. 108-109, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3051, accessed: 09 October 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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