Record Number: 8249

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'When I had made a few visits to him, Mr De Quincey was so kind as to take some particular notice of me; and afterwards when he wrote his Grasmere article about "George and Sarah Green" (1839), he spoke to me of the subject, and read me a passage from the proof before it appeared in "Tait".'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1839 and 31 Dec 1839

Country:

Scotland

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Edinburgh

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:

Thomas de Quincey

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

15 Aug 1785

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Scotland

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

James Glass Bentram

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Thomas de Quincey

Title:

George and Sarah Green

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical, proofs

Publication Details

proofs of the article to appear in Tait's Magazine, 1839

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

8249

Source:

Print

Author:

James Glass Bertram

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Some memories of books, authors and events

Place of Publication:

Westminster

Date of Publication:

1893

Vol:

n/a

Page:

73

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

James Glass Bertram, Some memories of books, authors and events, (Westminster, 1893), p. 73, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=8249, accessed: 03 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None