Record Number: 1218
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I cannot express how much pleasure my Brother has already received from Dr. Whitaker's Books, though they have been only two days in his possession - Almost the whole time he has been greedily devouring the History of Craven ... '
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 16 Oct 1807 and 18 Oct 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
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Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:History and Antiquities of the Deanery of Craven, The
Genre:History, Geography / Travel, Arts / architecture
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1805
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:1218
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:167
Additional Comments:
From Dorothy Wordsworth to Jane Marshall, 18 October 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. 167, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=1218, accessed: 14 September 2024
Additional Comments:
The other Whitaker book mentioned is The History of the Original Parish of Whalley, and Honour of Clitheroe (1801); see p.167 n.1.
