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Record Number: 27450


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

George Borrow to John Murray junior, 1 December 1842: 'Yesterday read "Letters from the Baltic"; much pleased with it; very clever writer; critique in Despatch harsh and unjust; quite uncalled for; blackguard affair altogether.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

30 Nov 1842

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Lowestoft
county: Suffolk

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:

George Borrow

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:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Miss Rigby

Title:

Letters from the Baltic

Genre:

Autobiog / Diary, Geography / Travel

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Published by John Murray

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

27450

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:

489

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Samuel Smiles, A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray (London, 1891), 2, p. 489, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=27450, accessed: 27 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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