Record Number: 26776

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Tuesday, 8 April 1828: 'Learning from Washington Irving's description of Stratford that the hall of Sir Thomas Lucy the Justice who renderd Warwickshire too hot for Shakspeare [sic] and drove him to London was still extant, We [sic] went in quest of it.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

8 Apr 1828

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

county: Warwickshire

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:

Reading Group:

Walter and Anne Scott

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Unknown

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer and daughter

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Scotland

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:

Washington Irving

Title:

Sketch Book

Genre:

History, Geography / Travel

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1820

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

26776

Source:

Print

Author:

Walter Scott

Editor:

W. E. K. Anderson

Title:

The Journal of Sir Walter Scott

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1972

Vol:

n/a

Page:

454

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Walter Scott, W. E. K. Anderson (ed.), The Journal of Sir Walter Scott, (Oxford, 1972), p. 454, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=26776, accessed: 14 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None