| Evidence: | 'On 19 Aug. 1810, D[orothy] W[ordsworth] told W[ordsworth] that she was "reading Malkin's Gil Blas - and it is a beautiful Book as to printing etc but I think the Translation vulgar."' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 19 Aug 1810 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Dorothy Wordsworth |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 25 Dec 1771 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| 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 |
| Author: | Alain Rene Le Sage |
| Title: | Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, The |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | Translated Benjamin Heath Malkin; 4 vols, 1809 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 1762 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Duncan Wu | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Wordsworth's Reading 1800-1815 | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
| Date of Publication: | 1995 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 133-34 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Duncan Wu, Wordsworth's Reading 1800-1815 (Cambridge, 1995), p. 133-34, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1762, accessed: 25 April 2024 | |
| Noted in entry 252 of Wu (1995); quotation from Alan G. Hill, ed., The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth VIII: A Supplement of New Letters (1993) 42. |
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