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Record 22601

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
"CPT read this aloud to PJD December 1957, the last book we read before his death in Jan 1958. He had not read it since Harrow days, (at school) aged 16!" Written by Pauline Dower about her father Charles Philips Trevelyan.
Century: 1900-1945
Date: Dec 1957
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: Cambo
county: Northumberland
specific address: Wallington Hall
   
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:Charles Philips Trevelyan
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 1870
Socio-economic group: Gentry
Occupation: Politician
Religion: Atheist
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
Reader's daughter, Pauline
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Xenophon
Title: Anabasis
Genre: Classics
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: London: Heinemann, 1922
Provenance: owned

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 22601  
Source - Manuscript Other
  Author: MS note in book cited below,

Citation: MS note in book cited below, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=22601, accessed: 02 May 2024

Additional comments:

This book also contains marginalia by Sir George Otto Trevelyan, also entered onto RED database

 

 

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