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Record 22592

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Many MS dates of reading incl. "Began reading the Odyssey in summer of 1902, continued it during summer of 1903."
Century: 1900-1945
Date: Between 1902 and 1903
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:George Otto Trevelyan
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 20 Jul 1838
Socio-economic group: Gentry
Occupation: Historian and statesman
Religion: Christian
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: Homer
Title: Iliad
Genre: Classics
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: Oxford: Clarendon, 1817
Provenance: owned

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 22592  
Source - Manuscript Other
  Author: MS notes in book cited below,

Citation: MS notes in book cited below, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=22592, accessed: 03 May 2024

Additional comments:

This book has multiple provenance (several Trevelyans) and MS notes dating from 1822. I have not transcribed all the notes.

 

 

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