Record Number: 3169
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Came upstairs at 10 1/2 [...] musing melancholily over the fire till 11. From then till 3.10, read the whole of (M-sen t it to me Saturday 15 November) some passages in the life of Mr Adam Blair, Minister of the Gospel at Cross-Meikle-Wm Blackwood, Edinburgh + London, 1822.[...]It is a singularly interesting pathetic story, doubly so because told as truth + not improbable [...] I read and roared over this thing till my head ached [...]
Century:Date:
8 Dec 1823
Country:England
Timemorning
daytime: 11 am to 3.10 pm
location in dwelling: Home, upstairs
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:3 Apr 1791
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:Heir to land and industrial property at Shibden Hall, near Halifax, Yorks. [inherits 1824]
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author:By the author of valerius and Reginald Dalton
Title:Some passages in the life of Mr Adam Blair
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (private library)
Source Information:
Record ID:3169
Source:Anne Lister
Editor:Helena Whitbread
Title:I know my own heart: The Diaries of Anne Lister 1791-1840
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1988
Vol:n/a
Page:317-318
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Anne Lister, Helena Whitbread (ed.), I know my own heart: The Diaries of Anne Lister 1791-1840 (London, 1988), p. 317-318, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=3169, accessed: 25 April 2024
Additional Comments:
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