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Record Number: 3693


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

"I took in Mr Holmes' humorous poems & Davidson (a very jolly little friend of mine) another light work & we sat together with Romer in the furthest corner enjoying literature mixed with 'light conversation' after your style."

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

24 Dec 1866

Country:

England

Time

daytime

Place:

city: Cambridge
specific address: Trinity Hall Chapel

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:

Leslie Stephen

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

28 Nov 1832

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Literary critic, historian, journalist, biographer

Religion:

Christian

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:

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Title:

n/a

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

3693

Source:

Print

Author:

Leslie Stephen

Editor:

John Bicknell

Title:

The Selected Letters of Leslie Stephen Vol 1 1864-1882.

Place of Publication:

Ohio State University Press

Date of Publication:

1996

Vol:

1

Page:

40

Additional Comments:

Letter from Leslie Stephen to his fiancee Harriett Marian Thackery (24/12/1866)

Citation:

Leslie Stephen, John Bicknell (ed.), The Selected Letters of Leslie Stephen Vol 1 1864-1882. (Ohio State University Press, 1996), 1, p. 40, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=3693, accessed: 26 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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