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Record Number: 22674


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Marginal marks and MS notes throughout,including p.xiii: "[The author's husband] deeply disapproved of her pleasure-seeking ways at such a time [...] Her hospitality had in it a strong dah of sheer gluttony; and she was a reckless, and most ill-natured gossip." Also, very critical of the editing: "The editing is bad. Chapter X ought to end about page 143." Dates of reading: "Oct 25 1910 Uncle Tom's birthday [i.e. Lord Macaulay] - the battle of Agincourt"; August 8 1921; March 15 1925; Jan. 4 1924; July 4 1928.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1921 and 1928

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:

Mary Boykin Chesnut

Title:

A diary from Dixie

Genre:

Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1906

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

22674

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Author:

MS in book cited below,

Citation:

MS in book cited below, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=22674, accessed: 26 April 2024


Additional Comments:

I have not transcribed all the MS notes in this volume. GOT normally indicates if a book was read aloud.

   
   
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