Record Number: 16561

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I remember that I had to learn, with another schoolfellow (Nesbet), an act from Home's tragedy of Douglas, and a long passage from Campbell's Poems, entitled "The Wizard's Warning", and recite, or rather act the passages with as much eloquence and action as we could muster.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1818 and 1 Jan 1826

Country:

Scotland

Time

daytime

Place:

city: Haddington
other location: school

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Samuel Smiles

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

23 Dec 1812

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

son of paper maker

Religion:

Presbyterian

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

Scotland

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

John Home

Title:

Douglas

Genre:

Drama

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

16561

Source:

Print

Author:

Samuel Smiles

Editor:

Thomas Mackay

Title:

The autobiography of Samuel Smiles

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1997

Vol:

n/a

Page:

8

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Samuel Smiles, Thomas Mackay (ed.), The autobiography of Samuel Smiles, (London, 1997), p. 8, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16561, accessed: 03 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None