Record Number: 10989
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Read "Edinburgh Review"; afterwards, for first time, after I know not what interval, a little Greek, viz. Plut. "Phocian" the same [...] as reccomended so many years ago by Fox and which put me first on reading "Plutarch's Lives"'
Century:1800-1849
Date:25 Jun 1809
Country:England
Timemorning: after breakfast
Place:location in dwelling: home
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:3 May 1750
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:government minister, 1806-1807
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Phocian or Lives
Genre:Classics, Biography
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:10989
Source:William Windham
Editor:Mrs Henry Baring
Title:The Diary of the right Hon. William Windham
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1866
Vol:n/a
Page:492
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
William Windham, Mrs Henry Baring (ed.), The Diary of the right Hon. William Windham, (London, 1866), p. 492, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=10989, accessed: 10 November 2024
Additional Comments:
None