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Record 8493

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'Went to hear Mr and Mrs Wigan read Tennyson and "the Rivals" at Apsley House'.
Century: 1850-1899
Date: 28 Jun 1865
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: London
specific address: Apsley House
   
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:

Reading Group:Mr and Mrs Wigan
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Unknown
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Unknown/NA
Occupation: unknown
Religion: unknown
Country of origin: unknown
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
George Eliot and others
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Alfred Lord Tennyson
Title: unknown
Genre: Poetry
Form of Text: Print: BookManuscript: Unknown
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 8493  
Source - Print  
  Author: George Eliot
  Editor: Margaret Harris
  Title: The Journals of George Eliot
  Place of Publication: Cambridge
  Date of Publication: 1998
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 124
  Additional comments: co-editor Judith Johnston

Citation: George Eliot, Margaret Harris (ed.), The Journals of George Eliot (Cambridge, 1998), p. 124, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=8493, accessed: 19 April 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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