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Record Number: 11073


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'"Call it not vain: - they do not err ... To murmur dirges round his grave". Scott.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1832 and 31 Dec 1833

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:

Reader:

Devereux Bowly

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Male

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:

member of the Bowly group



Text Being Read:

Author:

Walter Scott

Title:

The Lay of the Last Minstrel

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

11073

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

n/a

Title:

Album

Location:

St Clair Collection (private)

Call No:

N/A

Page/Folio:

f. 113a

Additional Information:

n/a

Citation:

Bowly , Album, St Clair Collection (private), N/A, f. 113a, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=11073, accessed: 04 December 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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