Record Number: 19577

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Mr Murray made me a present of the 5 Octavo Vols of Mr Irvings Works, the Sketch-Book & some others: I do understand this but it is not of Importance that I should'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Until: 31 Jul 1822

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London

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:

George Crabbe

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

24 Dec 1754

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

clergyman and poet

Religion:

Christian

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Washington Irving

Title:

[Works]

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned
present from John Murray, the publisher

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Source Information:

Record ID:

19577

Source:

Print

Author:

George Crabbe

Editor:

Thomas Faulkner

Title:

Selected Letters and Journals of George Crabbe

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1985

Vol:

n/a

Page:

282

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

George Crabbe, Thomas Faulkner (ed.), Selected Letters and Journals of George Crabbe (Oxford, 1985), p. 282, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=19577, accessed: 16 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Assistant editor Rhonda Blair. Letter to George Crabbe Junior.