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Record 1682

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Lord Lonsdale to William Wordsworth, 1 May 1820: 'I have read the Sonnets on the Duddon, and the notes annexed to them with great Pleasure ... the perusal of them afforded me infinite satisfaction.'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 1 Apr 1820 and 1 May 1820
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:Lord Lonsdale
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation: aristocrat
Religion: Church of England
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: William Wordsworth
Title: River Duddon, A Series of Sonnets, The
Genre: Poetry, Geography / Travel
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: In The River Duddon, A Series of Sonnets: Vaudracour and Julia: and other Poems (1820)
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 1682  
Source - Print  
  Author: William and Dorothy Wordsworth
  Editor: Ernest De Selincourt
  Title: The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth: The Middle Years Part Two
  Place of Publication: Oxford
  Date of Publication: 1970
  Vol: 2
  Page: 603
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: William and Dorothy Wordsworth, Ernest De Selincourt (ed.), The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth: The Middle Years Part Two (Oxford, 1970), 2, p. 603, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1682, accessed: 26 April 2024

Additional comments:

Evidence from p.603 n.1 in source.

 

 

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