Switch to English Switch to French

The Open University  |   Study at the OU  |   About the OU  |   Research at the OU  |   Search the OU

Listen to this page  |   Accessibility

the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

Reading Experience Database UK Historical image of readers
  RED International Logo

RED Australia logo


RED Canada logo
RED Netherlands logo
RED New Zealand logo

Record Number: 2538


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'"The Battle of Dorking" is written so well that I wd. gladly have written it, supposing that I had the knowledge. This I scarcely ever feel about anything I see in print.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Until: 26 Jun 1871

Country:

n/a

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:

Richard Doddridge Blackmore

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1825

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Novelist

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

George T Chesney

Title:

Battle of Dorking

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, History

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

In Blackwood's Magazine

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

2538

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

R.D. Blackmore

Title:

Letters

Location:

National Library of Scotland

Call No:

MS4270

Page/Folio:

105-6

Citation:

R.D. Blackmore, Letters National Library of Scotland, p. MS4270, p. 105-6, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=2538, accessed: 02 May 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
Green Turtle Web Design