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Record Number: 11509


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'there has been so much motion that it has been next to impossible for a person to work. I have read lately the "Newcomes" by Thackeray "Stuart of Dunleath" by Mrs Norton & "Coningsby" by Disraeli'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

10 Nov 1857

Country:

Brazil

Time

n/a

Place:

other location: on board HMS Pelorus, Rio de Janeiro

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:

Albert Battiscombe

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1831

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

Lieutenant Royal Navy

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Brazil

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

William Thackeray

Title:

The Newcomes. Memoirs of a most respectable family

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1854-5

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

11509

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Albert H.W. Battiscombe

Title:

Journal of H.M.S Pelorus 21, August 1st 1857 to March 11th 1859

Location:

Royal Naval Museum

Call No:

1976/110(1)

Page/Folio:

p.19

Citation:

Albert H.W. Battiscombe, Journal of H.M.S Pelorus 21, August 1st 1857 to March 11th 1859 Royal Naval Museum, p. 1976/110(1), p. p.19, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=11509, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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