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Record 19577

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'Mr Murray made me a present of the 5 Octavo Vols of Mr Irvings Works, the Sketch-Book & some others: I do understand this but it is not of Importance that I should'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Until: 31 Jul 1822
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: London
   
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:George Crabbe
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 24 Dec 1754
Socio-economic group: Clergy (includes all denominations)
Occupation: clergyman and poet
Religion: Christian
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: Washington Irving
Title: [Works]
Genre: Fiction
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: owned
present from John Murray, the publisher

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 19577  
Source - Print  
  Author: George Crabbe
  Editor: Thomas Faulkner
  Title: Selected Letters and Journals of George Crabbe
  Place of Publication: Oxford
  Date of Publication: 1985
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 282
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: George Crabbe, Thomas Faulkner (ed.), Selected Letters and Journals of George Crabbe (Oxford, 1985), p. 282, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=19577, accessed: 19 April 2024

Additional comments:

Assistant editor Rhonda Blair. Letter to George Crabbe Junior.

 

 

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