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Record Number: 13408


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I strongly recommend to you Captain Golownin's narrative of his imprisonment in Japan; it is one of the most entertaining books I have read for a long time.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Until: 31 Jan 1820

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

county: Yorkshire

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Sydney Smith

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

3 Jun 1771

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

clergyman

Religion:

Christian

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:

[Captain] Gollownin

Title:

Recollections of Japan, by Capt. Gollownin of the Russian Navy, author of the narrative of a three years' residence in that country

Genre:

Geography / Travel

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

13408

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Nowell C. Smith

Title:

The Letters of Sydney Smith

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1953

Vol:

I

Page:

345-6

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Nowell C. Smith (ed.), The Letters of Sydney Smith (Oxford, 1953), I, p. 345-6, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=13408, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

Letter to Mrs Meynell. The same letter tells her 'You must also read ---- [title suppressed by early editor but assumed by Nowell Smith to refer to Don Juan]' because it is Sydney Smith's 'duty... to fit you up for London conversation'.

   
   
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