Record Number: 5399
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
H. J. Jackson discusses copious annotations and commentary by unidentified, contemporary male reader in copy of William Mudford, Nubilia in Search of a Husband (1809); annotations include subject headings, and remarks including "'The preceding observations on tuition are, I make no doubt, very just ...'" and "'Let a certain fair reader attend to this passage.'"
Century:1800-1849
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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:Male
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Unknown/NA
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Nubilia in Search of a Husband
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:5399
Source:H. J. Jackson
Editor:n/a
Title:Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books
Place of Publication:New Haven
Date of Publication:2001
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Page:69-72
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
H. J. Jackson, Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books (New Haven, 2001), p. 69-72, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=5399, accessed: 20 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Jackson conjectures that reader/annotator "the 'A. Urquhart' who signed the title page in 1812," as "the hand appears to match that of the annotations" (Jackson 70).