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Record Number: 22620


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

MS note at the end of "The man of destiny": "Dec 5 1926 Read aloud to C, [i.e. Lady Caroline Trevelyan] - as I once did to poor George Vanderbilt".

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

5 Dec 1926

Country:

England

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 and statesman

Religion:

Christian

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

Lady Caroline Trevelyan


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

George Bernard Shaw

Title:

Plays: pleasant and unpleasant

Genre:

Drama

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London: Grant Richards, 1898

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

22620

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Author:

MS note in book cited below,

Citation:

MS note in book cited below, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=22620, accessed: 25 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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