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Record Number: 22626


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Marginalia and marginal lines. Includes dates and places of reading by George Otto Trevelyan: v.2: Oct 7 1891; v.3: Glasgow Oct 15 1891; v.4: Milan Oct 24 1891; v.5 Rome Oct 30 1891; vol.7: "On our homeward journey from Rome Dec. 2 1891".

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between Oct 1891 and Dec 1891

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

George Otto Trevelyan

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

20 Jul 1838

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

Historian and statesman

Religion:

n/a

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:

Samuel Richardson

Title:

Clarissa

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London: F.C. & J. Rivington, 1820 (8v.)

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

22626

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Information:

MS notes in book cited below.

Additional Information:

n/a

Citation:

MS notes in book cited below., http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=22626, accessed: 19 April 2024


Additional Comments:

Places of experience too many to enter into section 8. Not all marks transcribed. This book was owned by Sir George's father, Sir Charles Edward Trevelyan.

   
   
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