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Record Number: 22666


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

A note on endpaper by Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan: "This volume was among the books being read by Sir George Trevelyan when his last illness took him."

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

1928

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:

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:

Anthony Hope

Title:

The Dolly dialogues

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London: Westminster Gazette, 1894

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

22666

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Author:

MS note in book below,

Citation:

MS note in book below, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=22666, accessed: 26 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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