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Record 2743

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
[Thackeray] 'Cd not endure Bulwer - no nature - nor Dickens - yet mentioned with greatest praise the Chap: before death of little Dombey.'
Century: 1850-1899
Date: Until: 3 Apr 1859
Country: n/a
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:William Makepeace Thackeray
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 18 Jul 1811
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Author
Religion: Church of England
Country of origin: n/a
Country of experience: n/a
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Charles Dickens
Title: Dombey and Son
Genre: Fiction
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 2743  
  Source - Manuscript
  Author: Caroline Clive
  Title: MS Diary
  Location: Collection of Edward Clive, Whitfield, Wormbridge, Hereford
  Call no: Whitfield MS Diary
  Page/folio: n/a

Citation: Caroline Clive, MS Diary Collection of Edward Clive, Whitfield, Wormbridge, Hereford, p. Whitfield MS Diary, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=2743, accessed: 19 April 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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