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Record Number: 11057


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'To Fortune' 'I care not fortune what you deny me, ... J. Thompson'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1829 and 31 Dec 1831

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reading Group:

Beanlands group

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Unknown

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Anne and John Beanlands of Bingley

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



Text Being Read:

Author:

James Thomson

Title:

The Castle of Otranto OR To Fortune

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

11057

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

n/a

Title:

Commonplace Book

Location:

British Library

Call No:

Add MSS. GO515

Page/Folio:

f. 9b

Additional Information:

n/a

Citation:

Beanlands family , Commonplace Book, British Library, Add MSS. GO515, f. 9b, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=11057, accessed: 11 December 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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