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Record 26038

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'On board the steamer between Marseilles and Malta, besides reading "Hypatia", which was "too highly coloured" for his taste, and re-reading "Tancred", and writing "more than half the preface" to his lectures, he found time to send home a long letter'
Century: 1850-1899
Date: Between 1 Feb 1862 and 28 Feb 1862
Country: n/a
Time: n/a
Place: other location: on board steamer
   
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:Arthur Penrhyn Stanley
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 13 Dec 1815
Socio-economic group: Clergy (includes all denominations)
Occupation: Dean of Westminster
Religion: Church of England
Country of origin: England
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: Voltaire [pseud.]
Title: Tancred
Genre: Drama
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 26038  
Source - Print  
  Author: n/a
  Editor: Rowland E. Prothero
  Title: The life and correspondence of Arthur Penrhyn Stanley
  Place of Publication: New York
  Date of Publication: 1894
  Vol: 2
  Page: 66
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Rowland E. Prothero (ed.), The life and correspondence of Arthur Penrhyn Stanley (New York, 1894), 2, p. 66, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=26038, accessed: 28 March 2024

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