Record Number: 1779
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'[Thomas De Quincey] got round to reading ... [Hannah More, Coelebs in Search of a Wife] only in late June or early July [1809], when "I read about 40 pages in the 1st. vol: such trash I really never did read."'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jun 1809 and 31 Jul 1809
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:15 Aug 1785
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Coelebs in Search of a Wife
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details2 vols, 1808
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:1779
Source:Duncan Wu
Editor:n/a
Title:Wordsworth's Reading 1800-1815
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1995
Vol:n/a
Page:153
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Duncan Wu, Wordsworth's Reading 1800-1815, (Cambridge, 1995), p. 153, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=1779, accessed: 14 December 2024
Additional Comments:
Noted in entry 291 of Wu (1995); quotation from John E. Jordan, De Quincey to Wordsworth: A Biography of a Relationship (1962) 241.