| Evidence: | 'Gladstone's reading habits were described in "The Home Life of Mr. Gladstone," Young Man (January 1892): "He was most particular, it said, in mantaining variety in his reading and, during the previous summer, had on hand Dr Langer's Roman History (in German) for morning reading, Virgil for afternoon, and a novel in the evening."' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1891 and 31 Dec 1891 | ||||||||||
| Country: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Time: | morning | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Wiliam Ewart Gladstone |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 29 Dec 1809 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Prime Minister |
| Religion: | Christian |
| Country of origin: | Scotland |
| Country of experience: | unknown |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Dr Langer |
| Title: | Roman History |
| Genre: | Classics, History |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 3124 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Philp Waller | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918 | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 2006 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 48 n.118 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Philp Waller, Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918 (Oxford, 2006), p. 48 n.118, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=3124, accessed: 21 March 2023 | |
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