| Evidence: | I send you by George (who in Fred?s absence on business, is kind enough to be the bearer of this) the volume which contains the Life of Savage. I have turned down the leaf. Now do read it attentively; if you do, I know from your excellent understanding you will be delighted. If you slur it, you will think it dry. |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Oct 1835 and 31 Oct 1835 | ||||||||||
| Country: | UK | ||||||||||
| Time: | morning afternoon evening daytime night |
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| Place: | London | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Charles Dickens |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 7 Feb 1812 |
| Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
| Occupation: | Journalist, writer |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | UK |
| Country of experience: | UK |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Samuel Johnson |
| Title: | An account of the life of Mr. Richard Savage |
| Genre: | Biography |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | Originally published 1744 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 5059 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Charles Dickens | |
| Editor: | Madeline House | |
| Title: | The letters of Charles Dickens | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1965 | |
| Vol: | 1 | |
| Page: | 85 | |
| Additional comments: | Additional editor: Graham Storey. The Pilgrim edition. Letter to Catherine Hogarth from Charles Dickens dated 29/10/1835. |
| Citation: | Charles Dickens, Madeline House (ed.), The letters of Charles Dickens (Oxford, 1965), 1, p. 85, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=5059, accessed: 25 April 2024 | |
| Although this does not prove that Catherine Hogarth read the book, the very fact that Dickens advised her to do so indicates that he himself has read it. |
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