Record Number: 12758
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Tired to death of reading books - at least all books of an instructive sort - and have now been devouring (for about the fifth time) "Ivanhoe" and "The Heart of the Mid-Lothian". My blessing on the memory of Walter Scott!'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Feb 1849 and 8 Feb 1849
Country:Bermuda
Timen/a
Place:other location: on board "Dromedary Hulk", at Bermuda
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:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:3 Nov 1815
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:author, Irish Nationalist, under arrest for Treason
Religion:Presbyterian family
Country of Origin:Ireland
Country of Experience:Bermuda
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Ivanhoe
Genre:Fiction, History
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (other)
probably from the library on board the prison hulk
Source Information:
Record ID:12758
Source:John Mitchel
Editor:n/a
Title:Jail Journal
Place of Publication:Dublin
Date of Publication:1913
Vol:n/a
Page:125
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
John Mitchel, Jail Journal, (Dublin, 1913), p. 125, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12758, accessed: 04 December 2024
Additional Comments:
None