Record Number: 27985

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Under [Anne Rutherford Scott, his mother's] strong encouragement Scott, at the age of seven, read aloud Shakespeare's plays and the Arabian Nights in the family circle'.

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

unknown

Country:

n/a

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:

Walter Scott

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

Anne Rutherford Scott and other family members.

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

William Shakespeare

Title:

plays

Genre:

Drama, Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

27985

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Warden of Wadham College, Oxford

Title:

Letters Hitherto Unpublished, Written by Members of Sir Walter Scott's Family to their Old Governess

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1905

Vol:

n/a

Page:

66 n.2

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Warden of Wadham College, Oxford (ed.), Letters Hitherto Unpublished, Written by Members of Sir Walter Scott's Family to their Old Governess, (London, 1905), p. 66 n.2, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=27985, accessed: 26 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None