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Record 24611

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
John Wilson Croker to Lord Brougham (1850-51): 'And so you are reading my Bozzy'.
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 1 Jan 1850 and 31 Dec 1851
Country: n/a
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:Henry Brougham
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 1778
Socio-economic group: Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation: Politician
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: Scotland
Country of experience: n/a
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: James Boswell
Title: Life of Samuel Johnson
Genre: Essays / Criticism, Biography
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: Ed. John Wilson Croker
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 24611  
Source - Print  
  Author: n/a
  Editor: Louis J. Jennings
  Title: The Croker Papers. The Correspondence and Diaries of the Late Right Honourable John Wilson Croker, LL.D., F.R.S., Secretary to the Admiralty from 1809 t0 1830
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1884
  Vol: 3
  Page: 222
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Louis J. Jennings (ed.), The Croker Papers. The Correspondence and Diaries of the Late Right Honourable John Wilson Croker, LL.D., F.R.S., Secretary to the Admiralty from 1809 t0 1830 (London, 1884), 3, p. 222, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=24611, accessed: 16 April 2024

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