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Record 7685

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'By favour of my friendly draper I also had the satisfaction of looking over the elegantly written and very entertaining "Letters" of Mr. Gray together with M. Sismondi's "History of the Literature of the South of Europe".'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 1 Jan 1823 and 31 Dec 1823
Country: England
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:Thomas Carter
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 5 Jul 1792
Socio-economic group: Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation: Tailor
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: Gray
Title: Letters
Genre: Essays / Criticism, Autobiog / Diary, Unknown
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: borrowed (other)
Borrowed from friend

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 7685  
Source - Print  
  Author: Thomas Carter
  Editor: n/a
  Title: Memoirs of a Working Man
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1845
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 213
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Thomas Carter, Memoirs of a Working Man (London, 1845), p. 213, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=7685, accessed: 29 March 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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