Evidence: | Dorothy Wordsworth to Sara Hutchinson, 18 February 1815: 'William and Mary and little Willy paid a visit to old Mrs Knott yesterday with the Ex[cursio]n in hand, William intending to read to the old Lady the history of the Grasmere Knight. She could not hear his loud voice; but understood the story very well when her Niece read it, and was delighted.' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | 17 Feb 1815 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | daytime | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | William Wordsworth |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 7 Apr 1770 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Writer |
Religion: | Church of England |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Mary Wordsworth (reader's wife) William Wordsworth (reader's son) Mrs Knott Mrs Knott's niece Miss Knott |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | William Wordsworth |
Title: | Excursion, The |
Genre: | Poetry |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 1521 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | William and Dorothy Wordsworth | |
Editor: | Ernest De Selincourt | |
Title: | The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth: The Middle Years | |
Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
Date of Publication: | 1970 | |
Vol: | 2 | |
Page: | 202-03 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | William and Dorothy Wordsworth, Ernest De Selincourt (ed.), The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth: The Middle Years (Oxford, 1970), 2, p. 202-03, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1521, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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