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Record 5090

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'I have read the "Literary Gazette"; the notice of the Life of Bonaparte is quite entertaining, some of the names of the French Revolutionists who were quite familiar about 30 years ago, are now almost forgotten or only remembered with horror.'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: 13 Jul 1827
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: location in dwelling: at home
   
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:Robert Sharp
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 22 Sep 1773
Socio-economic group: Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation: schoolteacher/parish official
Religion: Church of England
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author:
Title: The Literary Gazette
Genre: Essays / Criticism, History, Politics
Form of Text: Print: Serial / periodical
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: owned

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 5090  
Source - Print  
  Author: Robert Sharp
  Editor: J. E. Crowther
  Title: The Diary of Robert Sharp of South Cave
  Place of Publication: Oxford
  Date of Publication: 1997
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 149
  Additional comments: co-editor P.A. Crowther

Citation: Robert Sharp, J. E. Crowther (ed.), The Diary of Robert Sharp of South Cave (Oxford, 1997), p. 149, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=5090, accessed: 28 March 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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