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Record Number: 27111


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Walter Scott to John Murray, 2 July 1812, with enclosed letter of appreciation to Lord Byron: 'I trouble you with a few lines to his Lordship [...] I hope he will not consider it as intrusive in a veteran author to pay my debt of gratitude for the high pleasure I have received from the perusal of "Childe Harold," which is certainly the most original poem which we have had this many a day'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Mar 1812 and 2 Jul 1812

Country:

n/a

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

Walter Scott

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1771

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

George Gordon Lord Byron

Title:

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage I and II

Genre:

Fiction, Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1 March 1812

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

27111

Source:

Print

Author:

Samuel Smiles

Editor:

n/a

Title:

A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1891

Vol:

1

Page:

214

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Samuel Smiles, A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray (London, 1891), 1, p. 214, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=27111, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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