Record Number: 544

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

I took up the Economy of Human Life, and was much pleased with the simplicity, ease and elegance of its style. The Biographical Sketch of Dodsley is drawn with much beauty and taste.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

12 Jan 1823

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

location in dwelling: home

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:

John Horrocks Ainsworth

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

8 Aug 1800

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

manager of a bleaching company

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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Robert Dodsley

Title:

The Economy of Human Life

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Philip Dormer Stanhope as alternative author?

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

544

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

John Horrocks Ainsworth

Title:

Diary, 1823

Location:

Bolton Archives

Call No:

ZAH/4/3

Page/Folio:

13

Additional Information:

n/a

Citation:

John Horrocks Ainsworth, Diary, 1823, Bolton Archives, ZAH/4/3, 13, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=544, accessed: 07 September 2024

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Additional Comments:

None