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Record Number: 1218


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I cannot express how much pleasure my Brother has already received from Dr. Whitaker's Books, though they have been only two days in his possession - Almost the whole time he has been greedily devouring the History of Craven ... '

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 16 Oct 1807 and 18 Oct 1807

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:

William Wordsworth

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

7 Apr 1770

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

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:

Thomas Dunham Whitaker

Title:

History and Antiquities of the Deanery of Craven, The

Genre:

History, Geography / Travel, Arts / architecture

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1805

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

1218

Source:

Print

Author:

William and Dorothy Wordsworth

Editor:

Ernest De Selincourt

Title:

The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth. The Middle Years, Part I: 1806-1811

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1969

Vol:

1

Page:

167

Additional Comments:

From Dorothy Wordsworth to Jane Marshall, 18 October 1807.

Citation:

William and Dorothy Wordsworth, Ernest De Selincourt (ed.), The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth. The Middle Years, Part I: 1806-1811 (Oxford, 1969), 1, p. 167, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=1218, accessed: 18 April 2024


Additional Comments:

The other Whitaker book mentioned is The History of the Original Parish of Whalley, and Honour of Clitheroe (1801); see p.167 n.1.

   
   
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