Record Number: 4216

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Poor Godwin is a terrific example for all conjugal biography; but he has marked that path which may be avoided? The title of Mrs Owens? new work has something very charming in it: ?Ida of Athens? ? I have not yet been able to read any of her novels. I am now reading Leo the X, by Rescoe. War, religion, laws and elevated mankind are my delight, for among them I increase my love for politics of the present day, and find that our great enemy is less wicked than most heroes and politicians have been, and at the same time a vast deal wiser than them all.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

unknown

Country:

England

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Elizabeth Inchbald

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

18 Oct 1753

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

Actress and playwright

Religion:

Roman Catholic

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:

Rescoe

Title:

The Life and Pontificate of Leo the Tenth

Genre:

Other religious, History, Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Liverpool, J. McCreery, 1805

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

4216

Source:

Print

Author:

Cecilia Lily Brightell

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Memorials of the Life of Amelia Opie

Place of Publication:

Norwich

Date of Publication:

1854

Vol:

n/a

Page:

138-9

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Cecilia Lily Brightell, Memorials of the Life of Amelia Opie, (Norwich, 1854), p. 138-9, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4216, accessed: 25 April 2025

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Additional Comments:

None