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Record Number: 25608


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

John Stuart Mill to George Grote, January 1849: 'I have just finished reading the two volumes with the greatest pleasure and admiration. 'The fifth volume seems to be all that we had a right to expect, and the sixth is splendid! [...] Every great result which you have attempted to deduce seems to me most thoroughly made out.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Dec 1848 and 31 Jan 1849

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:

John Stuart Mill

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1806

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer / Civil Servant

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 Grote

Title:

A History of Greece (vols 5 and 6)

Genre:

Other religious, Classics, Essays / Criticism, History, Biography, Politics, Arts / architecture

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

December 1848

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

25608

Source:

Print

Author:

Harriet Grote

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The Personal Life of George Grote. Compiled from Family Documents, Private Memoranda, and Original Letters to and from Various Friends

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1873

Vol:

n/a

Page:

187

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Harriet Grote, The Personal Life of George Grote. Compiled from Family Documents, Private Memoranda, and Original Letters to and from Various Friends (London, 1873), p. 187, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=25608, accessed: 23 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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