Record Number: 18459
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
His reading this summer included much Browning, Turgenev's Smoke and Kenneth Grahame's Golden Age ('which surely is the most beautiful book published for many years').
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1 May 1895 and 31 Aug 1895
Country:Scotland
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:26 Aug 1875
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:student
Religion:Presbyterian
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Smoke
Genre:Fiction, Unknown
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:18459
Source:Janet Adam Smith
Editor:n/a
Title:John Buchan: A Biography
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1965
Vol:n/a
Page:42
Additional Comments:
report of reading during JB's last weeks at college, scholarship to Oxford in hand.
Citation:
Janet Adam Smith, John Buchan: A Biography, (London, 1965), p. 42, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18459, accessed: 04 October 2024
Additional Comments:
Buchan, as a student, was at work on a novel.