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Record Number: 3231


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

' ... [F. H. Bradley] appeared as the retired professor, Cheiron, in [Elinor] Glyn's Halcyone (1912), having assiduously read the manuscript, corrected her spelling, and supplied Greek quotations.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1910 and 31 Dec 1912

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:

Francis Herbert Bradley

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1846

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Scholar

Religion:

unknown

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:

Elinor Glyn

Title:

Halcyone

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Codex

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

3231

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:

198

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Waller, Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918 (Oxford, 2006), p. 198, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=3231, accessed: 02 May 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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