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Record 5688

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
[Entry from Commonplace Book]: 'Mammon (figurative) description of, Paradise Lost, Book 1, line 680'.
Century: 1850-1899
Date: Between 1859 and 1863
Country: England and Australia
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:Edward Davy Harrop
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 1836
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Bank Manager
Religion: Anglican
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England and Australia
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: John Milton
Title: Paradise Lost
Genre: Poetry
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: owned

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 5688  
  Source - Manuscript
  Author: Edward Davy Harrop
  Title: Common Place Book. Index Rerum.
  Location: Woolmers Estate, Longford, Tasmania, Australia
  Call no: n/a
  Page/folio: n/a

Citation: Edward Davy Harrop, Common Place Book. Index Rerum. Woolmers Estate, Longford, Tasmania, Australia, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=5688, accessed: 19 April 2024

Additional comments:

Harrop was b. 1836, Manchester, d. 1891 Launceston. Married and emigrated ca.1857, bank manager.

 

 

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