Record Number: 6153
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'A novel by Thomas Holcroft, "Anna St Ives", dismissed as "sad stuff I cannot read on".'
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between 1 Apr 1792 and 30 Apr 1792
Country:England (?)
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:1758
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Diplomat's daugher and civil servant's wife
Religion:unknown
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: Title:Anna St Ives
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:6153
Source: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:230
Additional Comments:
James Raven, Helen Small and Naomi Tadmor editors.
Citation:
John Brewer, James Raven (ed.), The Practice and Representation of Reading in England, essay entitled 'Reconstructing the reader', (Cambridge, 1996), p. 230, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=6153, accessed: 10 October 2024
Additional Comments:
Brewer gets his information from Larpent's diary, Huntington Museum, HM 31201.