Record Number: 5688

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

[Entry from Commonplace Book]: 'Mammon (figurative) description of, Paradise Lost, Book 1, line 680'.

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1859 and 1863

Country:

Australia

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:

Edward Davy Harrop

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1836

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Bank Manager

Religion:

Anglican

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Australia

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

John Milton

Title:

Paradise Lost

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

5688

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Edward Davy Harrop

Title:

Common Place Book. Index Rerum.

Location:

Woolmers Estate, Longford, Tasmania, Australia

Call No:

n/a

Page/Folio:

n/a

Additional Information:

Commonplace book of Edward Davy Harrop, held at Woolmers Estate in Longford, Tasmania. It contains 149 entries, alphabetically arranged by key words (here 'Mammon').

Citation:

Edward Davy Harrop, Common Place Book. Index Rerum., Woolmers Estate, Longford, Tasmania, Australia, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5688, accessed: 09 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

Harrop was b. 1836, Manchester, d. 1891 Launceston. Married and emigrated ca.1857, bank manager.