Record Number: 21760

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'He [Johnson] was for a considerable time occupied in reading "Memoires de Fontenelle" leaning and swinging upon the low gate into the court, without his hat.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

7 Apr 1778

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Streatham
specific address: home of the Thrales

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:

Samuel Johnson

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

18 Sep 1709

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

writer

Religion:

Anglican

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:

abbe Trublet

Title:

Mémoires pour servir a l'histoire de la vie et des ouvrages de M. de Fontenelle

Genre:

Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown
either owned by him or the Thrales

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Source Information:

Record ID:

21760

Source:

Print

Author:

James Boswell

Editor:

R.W. Chapman

Title:

Life of Johnson

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1980

Vol:

n/a

Page:

913

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

James Boswell, R.W. Chapman (ed.), Life of Johnson (Oxford, 1980), p. 913, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=21760, accessed: 20 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

originally published 1791