Record Number: 7924
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'At this time to amuse myself in my confinement I read the "Life of Pope Sixtus 5th." w'ch Miss Poole ... lent me. My son John Marsh showing and inclination to read this (who had before seldom evinced much taste for reading) I told him that as the book was borrow'd by Miss Poole he must get thro' it much faster than he did books in general, of w'ch a very few pages at a time... used to satisfy him. This book however, seem'd to catch his attention & he soon got through it, since w'ch time tho' he has never become a thorough reader, he has continued much more of one than he ever was before.'
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between 5 Apr 1793 and 12 Apr 1793
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Chichester
location in dwelling: home
(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:Unknown
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:son of Musian / composer / gentleman
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
son John Marsh, author of the journals
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Life of Pope Sixtus V
Genre:Other religious, History, Biography
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (other)
Borrowed from a friend who had borrowed it from the library
Source Information:
Record ID:7924
Source:John Marsh
Editor:Brian Robins
Title:The John Marsh Journals. The life and times of a gentleman composer (1752-1828)
Place of Publication:New York
Date of Publication:1998
Vol:n/a
Page:536
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
John Marsh, Brian Robins (ed.), The John Marsh Journals. The life and times of a gentleman composer (1752-1828), (New York, 1998), p. 536, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=7924, accessed: 02 November 2024
Additional Comments:
None