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Record 23841

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'Mr Laidlaw having a number of valuable books, which were all open to my perusal, I about this time began to read with considerable attention; - and no sooner did I begin to read so as to understand, than, rather prematurely, I began to write.'
Century: 1700-1799
Date: Between 1 Jan 1796 and 1 Jun 1796
Country: Scotland
Time: n/a
Place: other location: Black House Farm
   
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:James Hogg
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 25 Jan 1772
Socio-economic group: Labourer (agricultural)
Occupation: shepherd, later poet
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: Scotland
Country of experience: Scotland
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author:
Title: unknown
Genre: Science, Unknown
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: read in situ
belonged to his employer Mr Laidlaw

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 23841  
Source - Print  
  Author: James Hogg
  Editor: Gillian Hughes
  Title: Altrive Tales
  Place of Publication: Edinburgh
  Date of Publication: 2003
  Vol: Collected Works 13
  Page: 17
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: James Hogg, Gillian Hughes (ed.), Altrive Tales (Edinburgh, 2003), Collected Works 13, p. 17, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=23841, accessed: 28 March 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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