Record Number: 995

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

"Towards the end of his life, W[ordsworth] recalled that during his 'earliest days at school' he read 'any part of Swift that I liked: Gulliver's Travels, and the Tale of the Tub, both being much to my taste' (Prose Works vol 3 p.372)."

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

unknown

Country:

England

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:

William Wordsworth

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

7 Apr 1770

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

Church of England

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:

Jonathan Swift

Title:

A Tale of a Tub

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

995

Source:

Print

Author:

Duncan Wu

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Wordsworth's Reading 1770-1799

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

1993

Vol:

n/a

Page:

133

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Duncan Wu, Wordsworth's Reading 1770-1799, (Cambridge, 1993), p. 133, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=995, accessed: 18 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Noted in entry 238 of Wu, Wordsworth's Reading 1770-1799.