| Evidence: | "Within the last month I have read Tristram Shandy, Brydone's Sicily and Malta, and Moore's Travels in France," D[orothy] W[ordsworth] wrote in March 1796." |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Mar 1796 and 31 Mar 1796 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Dorothy Wordsworth |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 25 Dec 1771 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | n/a |
| 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 |
| Author: | Patrick Brydone |
| Title: | A Tour through Siciliy and Malta in a Series of Letters to William Beckford |
| Genre: | Geography / Travel |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | 2 vols, 1773 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 988 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Duncan Wu | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Wordsworth's Reading 1770-1799 | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
| Date of Publication: | 1993 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 20 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Duncan Wu, Wordsworth's Reading 1770-1799 (Cambridge, 1993), p. 20, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=988, accessed: 25 April 2024 | |
| Noted in entry 39 of Wu, Wordsworth's Reading 1770-1799; Wu also notes that "The Tour was in great demand at Bristol Library, but the Registers show that the Wordsworths did not obtain their copy from there." |
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