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Record 13111

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'Began with eagerness, and read, with increasing avidity, the first four Chapters of Roscoe's "Life of Lorenzo de Medici"...'
Century: 1700-1799
Date: Between 23 Sep 1796 and 30 Sep 1796
Country: England
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:Thomas Green
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 1769
Socio-economic group: Gentry
Occupation: gentleman
Religion: Church of England
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: William Roscoe
Title: The life of Lorenzo de' Medici, called the Magnificant
Genre: History, Biography
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 13111  
Source - Print  
  Author: Thomas Green
  Editor: n/a
  Title: Extracts from the Diary of a Lover of Literature.
  Place of Publication: Ipswich
  Date of Publication: 1810
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 4-6
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Thomas Green, Extracts from the Diary of a Lover of Literature. (Ipswich, 1810), p. 4-6, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=13111, accessed: 24 April 2024

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