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Record Number: 1696


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'In her letter of 18 Oct. 1811 ... S[ara] H[utchinson] told Mary Monkhouse: "I have been dipping into Bingley's Tour of N. Wales." She goes on to copy out two quotations from vol.2 ... '

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Oct 1811 and 31 Oct 1811

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:

Sara Hutchinson

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

none

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:

William Bingley

Title:

North Wales: including its scenery, antiquities, customs, and some sketch of its natural history

Genre:

History, Social Science, Geography / Travel, Natural history

Form of Text:

Print: BookUnknown

Publication Details

2 vols, 1804

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

1696

Source:

Print

Author:

Duncan Wu

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Wordsworth's Reading 1800-1815

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

1995

Vol:

n/a

Page:

23

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Duncan Wu, Wordsworth's Reading 1800-1815 (Cambridge, 1995), p. 23, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=1696, accessed: 18 April 2024


Additional Comments:

In entry 42 of Wu (1995); quotation from Katlhleen Coburn, ed., The Letters of Sara Hutchinson (1954) 29-30.

   
   
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