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Record 27450

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
George Borrow to John Murray junior, 1 December 1842: 'Yesterday read "Letters from the Baltic"; much pleased with it; very clever writer; critique in Despatch harsh and unjust; quite uncalled for; blackguard affair altogether.'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: 30 Nov 1842
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: Lowestoft
county: Suffolk
   
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 Borrow
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Writer
Religion: n/a
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: Miss Rigby
Title: Letters from the Baltic
Genre: Autobiog / Diary, Geography / Travel
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: Published by John Murray
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 27450  
Source - Print  
  Author: Samuel Smiles
  Editor: n/a
  Title: A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1891
  Vol: 2
  Page: 489
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Samuel Smiles, A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray (London, 1891), 2, p. 489, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27450, accessed: 20 April 2024

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