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Record Number: 7508


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Coming home we saw Erasmus Wilson who had been reading "Hunger and Thirst" and expressed great value for it.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Until: 12 Jan 1859

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:

Erasmus Wilson

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

unknown

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

unknown

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

unknown

Title:

Hunger and Thirst

Genre:

Unknown

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

7508

Source:

Print

Author:

George Eliot (pseud.)

Editor:

Margaret / Judith Harris / Johnston

Title:

The Journals of George Eliot

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

1998

Vol:

n/a

Page:

76

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

George Eliot (pseud.), Margaret / Judith Harris / Johnston (ed.), The Journals of George Eliot (Cambridge, 1998), p. 76, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=7508, accessed: 25 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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