| Evidence: | '[from Gissing's diary] Spent the evening in a troubled state of mind, occasionaly glancing at Darwin's "Origin of Species" - a queer jumble of thoughts'. |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Sep 1889 and 30 Nov 1889 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | George Gissing |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 22 Nov 1857 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | author |
| Religion: | none |
| 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: | Charles Darwin |
| Title: | On the Origin of Species |
| Genre: | Science |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 21335 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Michael Collie | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | George Gissing. A Biography | |
| Place of Publication: | Folkestone | |
| Date of Publication: | 1977 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 107 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Michael Collie, George Gissing. A Biography (Folkestone, 1977), p. 107, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=21335, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
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