Record Number: 1754
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'On 29 Dec. 1806 Southey asked John May: "Have you seen the 'Memoirs of Colonel Hutchinson'? Very, very rarely has any book so greatly delighted me."'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jan 1806 and 29 Dec 1806
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
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:12 Aug 1774
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Memoirs of the Life of Colonel Hutchinson, Governor of Nottingham Castle and Town
Genre:Biography, Autobiog / Diary
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1806
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:1754
Source:Duncan Wu
Editor:n/a
Title:Wordsworth's Reading 1800-1815
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1995
Vol:n/a
Page:115
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Duncan Wu, Wordsworth's Reading 1800-1815, (Cambridge, 1995), p. 115, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=1754, accessed: 12 October 2024
Additional Comments:
Noted in entry 224 of Wu (1995); quotation from John Wood Warter, ed., Selections from the Letters of Robert Southey (4 vols, 1856) 1:403.