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Record Number: 27398


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

John Wilson Croker to John Murray (1831), on the second volume of Moore's Life of Byron: 'No doubt there are longeurs, but really not many. The most teasing part is the blanks, which perplex without concealing [comments further].'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1831 and 31 Jan 1831

Country:

n/a

Time

n/anight

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:

John Wilson Croker

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Thomas Moore

Title:

Life of Byron (vol 2)

Genre:

Poetry, Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Published by John Murray, January 1831

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

27398

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:

2

Page:

321-322; 321

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Samuel Smiles, A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray (London, 1891), 2, p. 321-322; 321, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=27398, accessed: 19 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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