Record Number: 7946

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Having now occasion to go into Kent on business, I on Friday the 10th. went in the coach with Mr Chaldecott and 4 others to London where I quarter'd as usual (now my son had left it) at the Bolt and Tun (or Sussex Hotel, Bonverie Street, as Mr Carter now entitled it) taking with me for my usual travelling reading the novel of "Vaurien".'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

10 May 1799

Country:

England

Time

evening
daytime

Place:

city: London
specific address: Bolt and Tun Inn, or Sussex Hotel, Bonverie Street
other location: at the hotel and while on the coach to London

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:

John Marsh

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

31 May 1752

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Composer/ gentleman

Religion:

n/a

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:

Isaac d'Israeli

Title:

Varien; or Sketches of the Times

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

7946

Source:

Print

Author:

John Marsh

Editor:

Brian Robins

Title:

The journals of John Marsh

Place of Publication:

New York

Date of Publication:

1998

Vol:

n/a

Page:

688

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

John Marsh, Brian Robins (ed.), The journals of John Marsh (New York, 1998), p. 688, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=7946, accessed: 25 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None