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Record Number: 11066


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Arthur's seat like a couchant lion of immense size - Salisbury crags, like a huge [belt or] girdle of granite, were dimly visible. Sir Walter Scott'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1831 and 31 Dec 1834

Country:

n/a

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:

Bowly group

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Unknown

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Walter Scott

Title:

The Heart of Mid-Lothian

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

11066

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

n/a

Title:

Album

Location:

St Clair Collection (private)

Call No:

N/A

Page/Folio:

f. 69b

Additional Information:

n/a

Citation:

Bowly , Album, St Clair Collection (private), N/A, f. 69b, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=11066, accessed: 14 December 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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