Record Number: 14291
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I have read since last October a good deal of the history relating to the East ...: not much of books not connected with India [but included] Johnson's "Lives" (I had read them before)...'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Oct 1800 and 31 Oct 1801
Country:India
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:6 Oct 1779
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:East India Company administrator
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:India
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Lives [of the most eminent English poets]
Genre:Biography
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:14291
Source:James Sutherland Cotton
Editor:n/a
Title:Mountstuart Elphinstone
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1892
Vol:n/a
Page:28
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
James Sutherland Cotton, Mountstuart Elphinstone, (Oxford, 1892), p. 28, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=14291, accessed: 02 November 2024
Additional Comments:
One of a group of 70 works read partly while journeying, with Edward Strachey, between a post in Benares and his next posting in Poona.