| Evidence: | Saturday, 3 July 1830:
'I read Southey's Pilgrim's Progress and think of reviewing the same [...] Read Hone's Every day Book and with a better opinion of him than I expected from his anti-religious frenzy.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 3 Jul 1830 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Edinburgh | ||||||||||
| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Reader: | Walter Scott |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1771 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | Scotland |
| Country of experience: | Scotland |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | John Bunyan |
| Title: | John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, With Life of the Author |
| Genre: | Other religious, Fiction, Essays / Criticism, Biography |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | Ed. Robert Southey |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 26916 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Walter Scott | |
| Editor: | W. E. K. Anderson | |
| Title: | The Journal of Sir Walter Scott | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1972 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 605 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Walter Scott, W. E. K. Anderson (ed.), The Journal of Sir Walter Scott (Oxford, 1972), p. 605, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=26916, accessed: 02 June 2023 | |
| Source ed. notes that Abbotsford Library has 'Proof Prints, 1830' text; see p.605 n.2. |
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