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Record Number: 22532


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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Read for the fist time June 1865. Macaulay took this volume more than once on our Easter trips.

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

unknown

Country:

UK

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Cambo
county: Northumberland
specific address: Wallington Hall

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 Otto Trevelyan

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

20 Jul 1838

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

Historian, statesman

Religion:

Christian

Country of Origin:

UK

Country of Experience:

UK

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Charles Dickens

Title:

Pickwick Papers

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London: Chapman & Hall, [1850?]

Provenance

owned


Source Information:


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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