Record Number: 4270

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

"The habits and tastes of Mr Opie were, happily, very inexpensive... [he and his wife] spent the evening hours in converse ... reading with her books of amusement or instruction... Mr Opie entertained a partiality for works of fiction and not unfrequently indulged himself in reading a novel, even if it were not of the first class."

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

unknown

Country:

England

Time

evening

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:

John Opie

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1 May 1761

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Father was a carpenter

Occupation:

Artist

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

Amelia Opie (wife).

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

[various books, fiction in particular]

Genre:

Other religious, Fiction, History, Unknown

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

4270

Source:

Print

Author:

Cecilia Lucy Brightell

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Memorials of the Life of Amelia Opie

Place of Publication:

Norwich

Date of Publication:

1854

Vol:

n/a

Page:

68-70

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Cecilia Lucy Brightell, Memorials of the Life of Amelia Opie, (Norwich, 1854), p. 68-70, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4270, accessed: 30 April 2025

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Additional Comments:

None