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Record 109

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'I have just been reading Heine's "De l'Allemagne", a very amusing book.'
Century: 1850-1899
Date: Until: 18 Sep 1882
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: specific address: Ivybridge
   
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:Francis Romano (Cecco) Oliphant
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 1859
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: writer and layabout
Religion: Free Church
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Heinrich Heine
Title: De l'Allemagne
Genre: Philosophy
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 109  
Source - Print  
  Author: Margaret Oliphant
  Editor: Annie Coghill
  Title: Autobiography and Letters of Mrs M.O.W. Oliphant
  Place of Publication: Leicester
  Date of Publication: 1974
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 306
  Additional comments: Letter from F.R. (Cecco) Oliphant to Margaret Oliphant, 18 Sept [1882]

Citation: Margaret Oliphant, Annie Coghill (ed.), Autobiography and Letters of Mrs M.O.W. Oliphant (Leicester, 1974), p. 306, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=109, accessed: 25 April 2024

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