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Record Number: 3185


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Whatever little agues beset [Hugh] Walpole, there was always a cure in Scott: a cold would send him to bed, where he would happily read the Abbotsford Correspondence or Scott's Journal (1890) ...'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1921 and 31 Dec 1941

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:

Hugh Walpole

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1884

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

New Zealand

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

various

Title:

The Abbotsford Correspondence

Genre:

letters to Walter Scott

Form of Text:

Print: BookUnknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

3185

Source:

Print

Author:

Philip Waller

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

2006

Vol:

n/a

Page:

180

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Waller, Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918 (Oxford, 2006), p. 180, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=3185, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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