Record Number: 3721

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Robert Macpherson came down with us to Civita Vecchia to see us off, and, I remember, read to me all the way there a story he had written, one of the stories flying about Rome of one of the great families, which he wanted me to polish up and get published for him.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

1864

Country:

Italy

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Rome

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

passive in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Robert Macpherson

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Surgeon and painter

Religion:

Christian

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

Italy

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

Margaret Oliphant

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Robert Macpherson

Title:

n/a

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Sheet

Publication Details

unpublished

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

3721

Source:

Print

Author:

Margaret Oliphant

Editor:

Elisabeth Jay

Title:

The Autobiography of Margaret Oliphant

Place of Publication:

Ontario

Date of Publication:

2002

Vol:

n/a

Page:

130

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Margaret Oliphant, Elisabeth Jay (ed.), The Autobiography of Margaret Oliphant (Ontario, 2002), p. 130, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=3721, accessed: 28 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None