Record Number: 5557

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

"Fulke Greville's copy of Boswell [Life of Johnson] stands out among individual copies annotated by readers who had known Boswell or Johnson or other members of their circle ... offering facts or interpretations of events that may be at odds with the text and that supplement it in useful ways."

Century:

1700-1799, 1800-1849

Date:

unknown

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Time

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Place:

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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:

Fulke Greville

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

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Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

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Country of Experience:

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

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Text Being Read:

Author:

James Boswell

Title:

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D

Genre:

Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

2 vols. London: Dilly, 1791

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

5557

Source:

Print

Author:

H. J. Jackson

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books

Place of Publication:

New Haven

Date of Publication:

2001

Vol:

n/a

Page:

170

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

H. J. Jackson, Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books (New Haven, 2001), p. 170, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=5557, accessed: 26 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

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