Record Number: 7882
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Fanny Kemble, journal letter to Harriet St. Leger, 27 June 1835, listing 'the books just now lying on my table, all of which I have been reading lately': 'Alfieri's "Life", by himself, a curious and interesting work; Washington Irving's last book, "A Tour on the Prairies", rather an ordinary book, upon a not ordinary subject, but not without sufficiently interesting matter in it too; Dr. Combe's "Principles of Physiology"; and a volume of Marlowe's plays, containing "Dr. Faustus". I have just finished Hayward's Translation of Goethe's "Faust", and wanted to see the old English treatment of the subject. I have read Marlowe's play with more curiosity than pleasure. This is, after all, but a small sample of what I read, but if you remember the complexion of my studies when I was a girl at Heath Farm and read Jeremy Taylor and Byron together, I can only say that they are still apt to be of the same heterogenous quality. But my brain is kept in a certain state of activity by them, and that, I suppose, is one of the desirable results of reading.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Jun 1835
Country:USA
Timen/a
Place:city: Branchtown
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:27 Nov 1809
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Actress
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:USA
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Doctor Faustus
Genre:Drama, Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsin collection of Marlowe's plays
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:7882
Source:Fanny Kemble
Editor:Catherine Clinton
Title:Fanny Kemble's Journals
Place of Publication:Cambridge, Massachusetts
Date of Publication:2000
Vol:n/a
Page:84
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Fanny Kemble, Catherine Clinton (ed.), Fanny Kemble's Journals, (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2000), p. 84, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=7882, accessed: 11 December 2024
Additional Comments:
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