Record Number: 16440

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I have been most shockingly idle, actually reading two novels at once. a good scolding would do me a vast deal of good, & I hope you will send one of your most severe one's.? What an entertaining book Granby is; do you remember Lady Harriet talking about inhaling [Ni]tric Oxide? Johnson has actually done it, & describes the effects as the most intense pleasure he ever felt. We both mean to get tipsey in the Vacation.?. The old Mr. Wedgwood, I see in Ure's Chem. Dic., did nothing else but hold his nose & kick.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Until: 29 Jan 1826

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Charles Darwin

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

12 Feb 1809

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Scientist and writer

Religion:

atheist

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Thomas Henry Lister

Title:

Granby

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1826

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

16440

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Information:

Darwin Correspondence Project: http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-22.html#mark-22.f3

Additional Information:

n/a

Citation:

Darwin Correspondence Project: http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-22.html#mark-22.f3, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16440, accessed: 14 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None