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Record Number: 8454


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

This evening Charley has read to us the 12th No. of "Orley Farm", which is interesting so far as it pursues the main path of the story - the fortunes of Lady Mason'.

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

3 Feb 1862

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: 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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Charles Lewes

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

unknown

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

G.H. Lewes and George Eliot


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Anthony Trollope

Title:

Orley Farm

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodicalManuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

read in serial numbers

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

8454

Source:

Print

Author:

George Eliot [pseud]

Editor:

Margaret Harris

Title:

The Journals of George Eliot

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

1998

Vol:

n/a

Page:

108

Additional Comments:

Co-editor Judith Johnston

Citation:

George Eliot [pseud], Margaret Harris (ed.), The Journals of George Eliot (Cambridge, 1998), p. 108, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=8454, accessed: 26 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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