Record Number: 11326
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'And the monthly parts of "The Scots Worthies" which my father had carried with him from Sanday, and which were now in hopeless confusion, I went over carefully, arranging and repairing them until the book assumed consecutive form. My father was so touched by this act of piety - for he regarded the book as almost a sacred one - that he had it handsomely bound in leather for me: a big tome of a thousand pages. All this passed through my mind; it was poor stuff without a vestige of nourishment, and it did not leave a trace behind.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:unknown
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:city: Garth
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Child (0-17)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:15 May 1887
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:farmer's son, later poet
Religion:Protestant
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Scots Worthies
Genre:Other religious, History, Biography
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical, bound by father into a volume
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (private library)
father's collection
Source Information:
Record ID:11326
Source:Edwin Muir
Editor:n/a
Title:The story and the fable: An autobiography
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1940
Vol:n/a
Page:84
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Edwin Muir, The story and the fable: An autobiography, (London, 1940), p. 84, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=11326, accessed: 10 October 2024
Additional Comments:
None