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Record Number: 3707


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

"You say you have been reading some French novels lately."

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

unknown

Country:

England

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:

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

8 Mar 1841

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Lawyer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

United States

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

[Some French novels]

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

3707

Source:

Print

Author:

Leslie Stephen

Editor:

John Bicknell

Title:

The Selected Letters of Leslie Stephen Vol 1 1864-1882.

Place of Publication:

Ohio State University Press

Date of Publication:

1996

Vol:

1

Page:

54

Additional Comments:

Letter from Leslie Stephen to Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (18/8/1867).

Citation:

Leslie Stephen, John Bicknell (ed.), The Selected Letters of Leslie Stephen Vol 1 1864-1882. (Ohio State University Press, 1996), 1, p. 54, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=3707, accessed: 02 May 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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