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Record 8433

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
?I could no longer stand the torrent of nonsense, violence and folly which the newspapers day after day poured forth, and resolved to write a letter which was published in The Times the day before yesterday and signed ?Carolus???
Century: 1850-1899
Date: Between 1 Dec 1850 and Dec 1850
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:Charles Greville
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 2 Apr 1794
Socio-economic group: Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation: Civil servant and diarist
Religion: Christian
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:
Title: [newspapers]
Genre: newspapers
Form of Text: Print: Newspaper
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 8433  
Source - Print  
  Author: Charles Greville
  Editor: Edward Pearce
  Title: The Diaries of Charles Greville
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 2006
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 280
  Additional comments: Diary entry dated 11 December 1850

Citation: Charles Greville, Edward Pearce (ed.), The Diaries of Charles Greville (London, 2006), p. 280, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=8433, accessed: 29 April 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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