Record Number: 32416
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I was passionately fond of poetry, being led to its study by accidentally meeting with Milton's minor poems, when about fourteen years of age. Though so young, I was instantly charmed with "Comus", and read it so much, that I could repeat it nearly all by heart. I still think it one of the most beautiful poems in the language.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1826 and 1830
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Kettering
county: Northamptonshire
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Child (0-17)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:1812
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:Velvet weaver, later reporter
Religion:Baptist
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Comus
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:32416
Source:John Leatherland
Editor:n/a
Title:Essays and Poems, with a Brief Autobiographical Memoir
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1862
Vol:n/a
Page:10
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
John Leatherland, Essays and Poems, with a Brief Autobiographical Memoir, (London, 1862), p. 10, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32416, accessed: 03 November 2024
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