Record Number: 21760
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'He [Johnson] was for a considerable time occupied in reading "Memoires de Fontenelle" leaning and swinging upon the low gate into the court, without his hat.'
Century:1700-1799
Date:7 Apr 1778
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Streatham
specific address: home of the Thrales
(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:18 Sep 1709
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:writer
Religion:Anglican
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:Mémoires pour servir a l'histoire de la vie et des ouvrages de M. de Fontenelle
Genre:Biography
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
either owned by him or the Thrales
Source Information:
Record ID:21760
Source:James Boswell
Editor:R.W. Chapman
Title:Life of Johnson
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1980
Vol:n/a
Page:913
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
James Boswell, R.W. Chapman (ed.), Life of Johnson, (Oxford, 1980), p. 913, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=21760, accessed: 27 May 2024
Additional Comments:
originally published 1791