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Record 12746

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'And have I read no books, then, save bad ones? That I have. Amongst those sent to me from home is an old Dublin copy of Rabelais, in four volumes, imprinted by Philip Crampton, of Dame Street - and has kept me in good wholesome laughter for a fortnight - laughter of the sort that agitates the shoulders, and shakes the diaphragm, and makes the blood tingle; than which no medicine can be more cordial to me - I have read the cause of his effects in Galen.'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 1 Nov 1848 and 2 Dec 1848
Country: Bermuda
Time: n/a
Place: other location: on board "Dromedary Hulk", at Bermuda
   
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:John Mitchel
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 3 Nov 1815
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: author, Irish Nationalist, under arrest for Treason
Religion: Presbyterian family
Country of origin: Ireland
Country of experience: Bermuda
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Francois Rabelais
Title: [unknown]
Genre: Fiction
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: 4 vols, published in Dublin, imprinted by Philip Crampton
Provenance: owned
sent from home

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 12746  
Source - Print  
  Author: John Mitchel
  Editor: n/a
  Title: Jail Journal
  Place of Publication: Dublin
  Date of Publication: 1913
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 97
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: John Mitchel, Jail Journal (Dublin, 1913), p. 97, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12746, accessed: 28 March 2024

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