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Record Number: 22664


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Marginal marks and MS notes. Dates of reading on final page and the note: "What was the year when we saw so much of the American family who so much reminded us of the Dossons? It could not be 1913; as we spent Christmas with them in Rome; and in 1913 Carry [i.e. Lady Caroline Trevelyan] never left her bed!"

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1913 and 1924

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 Otto Trevelyan

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

20 Jul 1838

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

Historian and statesman

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Henry James

Title:

The reverberator

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London: Macmillan, 1888

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

22664

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=22664, accessed: 26 April 2024


Additional Comments:

I have not transcribed all the MS notes

   
   
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