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Record 3721

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'Robert Macpherson came down with us to Civita Vecchia to see us off, and, I remember, read to me all the way there a story he had written, one of the stories flying about Rome of one of the great families, which he wanted me to polish up and get published for him.'
Century: 1850-1899
Date: 1864
Country: Italy
Time: n/a
Place: city: Rome
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
passive in company unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader:Robert Macpherson
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Surgeon and painter
Religion: Christian
Country of origin: Scotland
Country of experience: Italy
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
Margaret Oliphant
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Robert Macpherson
Title: n/a
Genre: Fiction
Form of Text: Manuscript: Sheet
Publication details: unpublished
Provenance: owned

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 3721  
Source - Print  
  Author: Margaret Oliphant
  Editor: Elisabeth Jay
  Title: The Autobiography of Margaret Oliphant
  Place of Publication: Ontario
  Date of Publication: 2002
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 130
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Margaret Oliphant, Elisabeth Jay (ed.), The Autobiography of Margaret Oliphant (Ontario, 2002), p. 130, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=3721, accessed: 20 April 2024

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