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Record Number: 12122


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'There is also among the papers, one piece of absurdity by Mr. Grantley Berkely, called ?Chariot versus coach? which I had previously read and returned, and consequently suppose has been sent back to me by mistake.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 2 Apr 1838 and 1 Feb 1838

Country:

England

Time

morning: Monday

Place:

city: London
specific address: 48 Doughty Street

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 Dickens

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

7 Feb 1812

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

Journalist and writer

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Grantley Berkely

Title:

Chariot versus coach

Genre:

Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Sheet

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

Found
Sent to Dickens from Bentley.


Source Information:

Record ID:

12122

Source:

Print

Author:

Charles Dickens

Editor:

Madeline House

Title:

The Letters of Charles Dickens: Volume One: 1820-1839

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1965

Vol:

1

Page:

393

Additional Comments:

Additional editor: Graham Storey. Published by Clarendon Press as the Pilgrim edition.

Citation:

Charles Dickens, Madeline House (ed.), The Letters of Charles Dickens: Volume One: 1820-1839 (Oxford, 1965), 1, p. 393, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=12122, accessed: 19 April 2024


Additional Comments:

Letter from Charles Dickens to Richard Bentley.

   
   
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