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Record Number: 18889


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'The article which I inclose "The History of Tom M. Fribble" is not mine. It is written by a Mr William Clerk a teacher here who copies a good many things for me therefore the allowance for it (if published) must be mentioned by itself. It is a very ingenious allegorical tale but ill wound up at the close'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Until: 1 Mar 1822

Country:

Scotland

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Altrive

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:

James Hogg

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

Nov 1770

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

farmer / author

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

Scotland

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

William Clerk

Title:

'True, but Stupid History of Tom MacFribble, The'

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

published in Edinburgh Magazine, May 1822

Provenance

borrowed (other)
sent on behalf of Clerk


Source Information:

Record ID:

18889

Source:

Print

Author:

James Hogg

Editor:

Gillian Hughes

Title:

Collected Letters of James Hogg, The

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh

Date of Publication:

2006

Vol:

II

Page:

145

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

James Hogg, Gillian Hughes (ed.), Collected Letters of James Hogg, The (Edinburgh, 2006), II, p. 145, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=18889, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

Letter to Robert Cadell

   
   
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