Record Number: 864
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
"[William and Dorothy Wordsworth] probably read [the Decameron] together as he tutored her in Italian [1796] ... " This "consistent" with W[ordsworth]'s remark in Nov. 1805 to Walter Scott (followed by reference to Fourth "Day" of the Decameron): "'It is many years since I saw Boccae ...' Later in the letter W[ordsworth] quotes Boccacio from memory, showing that he knew the Decameron well."
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between 1795 and 1796
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:
Reading Group:William and Dorothy Wordsworth
Age:Unknown
Gender:Unknown
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Il Decamerone
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:864
Source:Duncan Wu
Editor:n/a
Title:Wordsworth's Reading 1770-1799
Place of Publication:n/a
Date of Publication:1993
Vol:n/a
Page:16-17
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Duncan Wu, Wordsworth's Reading 1770-1799, (1993), p. 16-17, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=864, accessed: 07 October 2024
Additional Comments:
Information from entry 30 (ii) in Wu, Wordsworth's Reading 1770-1791. William was using the book to tutor his sister in Italian.