Record Number: 3480

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'[Wilfrid] Meynell told [Wilfrid] Blunt that, as their train passed through the countryside [on way to visiting Blunt], [Francis] Thompson ignored the scenery and was "wholly absorbed in the Globe newspaper". [recorded by Blunt in Diary for 12 October 1898]'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

unknown

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

other location: On board train

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:

Francis Thompson

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

Roman Catholic

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

The Globe

Genre:

Ephemera, Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

3480

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:

559

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Waller, Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918 (Oxford, 2006), p. 559, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=3480, accessed: 26 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None