Record Number: 12743

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I have omitted, of late, to set down the titles of - for want of a better name I must call them - books, that I have been reading these past months; chiefly because they are of such utter offal that there is no use in remembering so much as their names. Madame Pichler's "Siege of Vienna" (Sobieski's Siege - a grand page of history spun out into many hundred pages of pitiful romance, and interwoven with a love-story); a life of Walter Scott, by one Allen, advocate...'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Nov 1848 and 2 Dec 1848

Country:

Bermuda

Time

n/a

Place:

other location: on board "Dromedary Hulk", at Bermuda

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

John Mitchel

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

3 Nov 1815

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

author, Irish Nationalist, under arrest for Treason

Religion:

Presbyterian family

Country of Origin:

Ireland

Country of Experience:

Bermuda

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Madame Pichler

Title:

[Siege of Vienna]

Genre:

Fiction, History

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (other)
probably from the library on the prison hulk

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Source Information:

Record ID:

12743

Source:

Print

Author:

John Mitchel

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Jail Journal

Place of Publication:

Dublin

Date of Publication:

1913

Vol:

n/a

Page:

97

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

John Mitchel, Jail Journal (Dublin, 1913), p. 97, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=12743, accessed: 24 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None