Record Number: 27457

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Sir Francis B. Head to John Murray, 19 April 1843: 'I was at a committee this morning, when I heard a gentleman say: "My friend, Mr. Bouverie, got hold of Lady Sale's book yesterday evening and sat reading it till five o'clock this morning. In fact, he passed the night with Lady Sale instead of with his own wife. I mention this as one of the sins for which, as a publisher, you will some of these days have to account.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 18 Apr 1843 and 19 Apr 1843

Country:

n/a

Time

morning
night

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Mr Bouverie

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Lady Sale

Title:

Journal [of experience of retreat from Afghanistan]

Genre:

Biography, Autobiog / Diary, Geography / Travel, Military

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Published by John Murray, 1843

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

27457

Source:

Print

Author:

Samuel Smiles

Editor:

n/a

Title:

A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1891

Vol:

2

Page:

507

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Samuel Smiles, A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray (London, 1891), 2, p. 507, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=27457, accessed: 29 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Head also thanks Murray for a copy of the text, which he has not had time or power of concentration to read, being 'too overjoyed' at his son's return after seven years in India. Lady Sale was the wife of Sir Robert H. Sale, British general commanding forces in Afghanistan; see p.506 in source for further background details.