Record Number: 1782

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'In the Fenwick Note to The Pet-lamb, W[ordsworth] recalled: "Within a few months after the publication of this poem, I was much surprised and more hurt to find it in a child's School-book which, having been compiled by Lindley Murray, had come into use at Grasmere School ... "'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1801 and 31 Dec 1801

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

William Wordsworth

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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Lindley Murray

Title:

Introduction to the English Reader

Genre:

Fiction, Poetry, Children's Lit, Education, Textbook / self-education, Miscellany / Anthology

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

York, 1801

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

1782

Source:

Print

Author:

Duncan Wu

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Wordsworth's Reading 1800-1815

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

1995

Vol:

n/a

Page:

156

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Duncan Wu, Wordsworth's Reading 1800-1815, (Cambridge, 1995), p. 156, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=1782, accessed: 18 January 2025

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Additional Comments:

Noted in entry 298 of Wu (1995).