| Evidence: | " But, when I was nearly sixteen, I made a purchase which brought me into sad trouble, and was the cause of a permanent wound to my self- respect. I had long coveted in the book-shop window a volume in which the poetical works of Ben Jonson and Christopher Marlowe were said to be combined. This I bought at length, and I carried it with me to devour as I trod the desolate road that brought me along the edge of the cliff on Saturday afternoons. Ben Jonson I could make nothing of..." |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1865 and 31 Dec 1865 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | afternoon: Saturday afternoon daytime: Saturday afternoon |
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| Place: | county: Devon other location: walking along a cliff-top path in Devon |
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| Reader: | Edmund Gosse |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1849 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | son of zoological writer |
| Religion: | Plymouth Brethren |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Ben Jonson |
| Title: | n/a |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 3978 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Edmund Gosse | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Father and Son : a study of two temperments | |
| Place of Publication: | Keele | |
| Date of Publication: | 1994 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 190-191 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Edmund Gosse, Father and Son : a study of two temperments (Keele, 1994), p. 190-191, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=3978, accessed: 01 June 2023 | |
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