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Record Number: 8504


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'[in 1811] Reginald Heber reads and praises "War and Peace".'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1811 and 31 Dec 1811

Country:

unknown

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:

Reginald Heber

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1783

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

unknown

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Felicia Dorothea Browne

Title:

War and Peace -- A Poem. Written at the age of Fifteen

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

8504

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Susan J. Wolfson

Title:

Felicia Hemans: Selected Poems, Letters, Reception Materials

Place of Publication:

Princeton

Date of Publication:

2000

Vol:

n/a

Page:

xxxiv

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Susan J. Wolfson (ed.), Felicia Hemans: Selected Poems, Letters, Reception Materials (Princeton, 2000), p. xxxiv, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=8504, accessed: 28 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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