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Record 9999

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'I came across a piece of verse which exercised a lasting influence on my taste. It was called "The Cameronian's Dream" and it had been written by a certain James Hyslop...' [ more for 2 paras]
Century: 1850-1899
Date: Between 1 Oct 1856 and 30 Nov 1856
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: London, Pimlico
location in dwelling: Lodgings, room in Pimlico
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
passive in company unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader:Edmund Gosse
Age Child (0-17)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 1849
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Son of zoological writer
Religion: Plymouth Brethren
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
ill mother, Emily Gosse
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: James Hyslop
Title: The Cameronian's Dream
Genre: Other religious, Poetry
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: owned

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 9999  
Source - Print  
  Author: Edmund Gosse
  Editor: n/a
  Title: Father and Son
  Place of Publication: Keele: Ryburn Publishing
  Date of Publication: 1994 (1907)
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 63
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Edmund Gosse, Father and Son (Keele: Ryburn Publishing, 1994 (1907)), p. 63, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=9999, accessed: 28 March 2024

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