Record Number: 1213
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'We received the Books a week ago ... We have all already to thank you for a great deal of delight which we have received from them. In the first place my Brother and Sister have read the Life of Colonel Hutchinson, which is a most valuable and interesting Book. - My Brother speaks of it with unqualified approbation, and he intends to read it over again.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Feb 1807 and 15 Feb 1807
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
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:7 Apr 1770
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
Religion:Church of England
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:Memoirs of Colonel Hutchinson
Genre:Biography
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsAuthored by Hutchinson's wife; first published 1806 by the Revd. J. Hutchinson.
Provenanceunknown
Sent by Lady Beaumont
Source Information:
Record ID:1213
Source:William and Dorothy Wordsworth
Editor:Ernest De Selincourt
Title:The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth. The Middle Years, Part I: 1806-1811
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1969
Vol:1
Page:133
Additional Comments:
From Dorothy Wordsworth to Lady Beaumont, "Sunday Evening. [Feb. 15 1807]".
Citation:
William and Dorothy Wordsworth, Ernest De Selincourt (ed.), The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth. The Middle Years, Part I: 1806-1811, (Oxford, 1969), 1, p. 133, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=1213, accessed: 14 September 2024
Additional Comments:
None
