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Record Number: 25611


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'The farm [a family property] in Lincolnshire consumed a vast deal of our time all through [...] 1853 [...] Grote worked at intervals even at the farm [...] the operations of husbandry were not without a certain "bucolic" attraction for him; the rather as he studied Stephens's "Book of the Farm" with regularity, even taking interest in the theory of cultivation, involving as it did a touch of [italics]science[end italics].'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1853 and 31 Dec 1853

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 Grote

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

17 Nov 1794

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

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:

Stephens

Title:

'Book of the Farm'

Genre:

Agriculture / horticulture / husbandry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

25611

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:

218-219

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. 218-219, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=25611, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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