Record Number: 5991

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'In a ritual that was to be repeated throughout the holidays, Anna and John [her son] read passages from an instructive and improving work, Sarah Trimmer's sacred history, a didactic anthology from the scriptures written by the best-selling pious evangelical.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

9 Apr 1792

Country:

England

Time

morning

Place:

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

John Larpent

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Child of a civil servant

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

His mother, Anna Larpent

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Sarah Trimmer

Title:

Sacred history

Genre:

Other religious

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

5991

Source:

Print

Author:

John Brewer

Editor:

James Raven

Title:

The practice and representation of reading in England, essay entitled 'Reconstructing the reader'

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

1996

Vol:

n/a

Page:

229-30

Additional Comments:

Editors James Raven, Helen Small and Naomi Tadmor.

Citation:

John Brewer, James Raven (ed.), The practice and representation of reading in England, essay entitled 'Reconstructing the reader', (Cambridge, 1996), p. 229-30, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5991, accessed: 26 April 2025

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Additional Comments:

Brewer gets his information from Larpent's diary, Huntington Museum HM 31201 . John (Jr) is reading with his mother, probably in turns.