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Record Number: 19646


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'So you have been reading my almost forgotten stories - Lady Barbara and Ellen! I protest to you their origin is lost to me, and I must read them myself before I can apply your remarks.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Until: 24 Oct 1831

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:

George Crabbe

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1785

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

clergyman

Religion:

Christian

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

son of the poet of the same name



Text Being Read:

Author:

George Crabbe

Title:

Ellen

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

'Tales of the Hall', number 18

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

19646

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:

377-8

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

George Crabbe, Thomas Faulkner (ed.), Selected Letters and Journals of George Crabbe (Oxford, 1985), p. 377-8, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=19646, accessed: 25 April 2024


Additional Comments:

Assistant editor, Rhonda Blair. Letter from George Crabbe to George Crabbe, Jun.

   
   
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