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Record 25604

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
The Bishop of St David's to George Grote, 21 June 1847: 'My expectations, though they had been raised very high, were more than fulfilled by your first two volumes; and in its progress the work appears to me to have been continually rising, not perhaps in merit, but in value.'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 1 Mar 1846 and 21 Jun 1847
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:Bishop of St David's
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Clergy (includes all denominations)
Occupation: Bishop of St David's
Religion: Church of England
Country of origin: n/a
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: George Grote
Title: A History of Greece (vols 1 and 2)
Genre: Other religious, Classics, Essays / Criticism, History, Biography, Politics, Philosophy, Arts / architecture, Agriculture / horticulture / husbandry
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: Vols 1 and 2 of work published March 1846
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 25604  
Source - Print  
  Author: Harriet Grote
  Editor: n/a
  Title: The Personal Life of George Grote. Compiled from Family Documents, Private Memoranda, and Original Letters to and from Various Friends
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1873
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 173
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Harriet Grote, The Personal Life of George Grote. Compiled from Family Documents, Private Memoranda, and Original Letters to and from Various Friends (London, 1873), p. 173, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=25604, accessed: 23 April 2024

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