Evidence: | 'My father, who was in the employment of Mr Cadell, Sir Walter's publisher, brought home "The Monastery" and "The Fortunes of Nigel", and several others, much to the delight of my mother, who never could understand how so voracious a reader as myself did not take to them; but so it was, and now my children express the same surprise, and unsuccessfully recommend me to try once more.' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1837 and 31 Dec 1840 | ||||||||||
Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Edinburgh | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Bertram |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 1824 |
Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
Occupation: | n/a |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | Scotland |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | mother of James Glass Bertram |
Author: | Walter Scott |
Title: | The Monastery |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 8191 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | James Glass Bertram | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Some memories of books, authors and events | |
Place of Publication: | Westminster | |
Date of Publication: | 1893 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 27 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | James Glass Bertram, Some memories of books, authors and events (Westminster, 1893), p. 27, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=8191, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
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