Record Number: 24226
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
John Wilson Croker to the Rev. George Croly, 28 November 1816: 'Though I have little time to read poetry,and notwithstanding all the charms of fashion, I read more of Pope and Dryden than I do of even Scott and Byron; that is to say, I do not return to Scott and Byron with the same regular appetite that I do to the others.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:unknown
Country:England
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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:20 Dec 1780
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Secretary to the Admiralty
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:Ireland
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:n/a
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Source Information:
Record ID:24226
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Editor:Louis L. Jennings
Title:The Croker Papers: The Correspondence and Diaries of The Late Right Honourable John Wilson Croker, LL.,D., F.R.S.
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1884
Vol:1
Page:96
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Louis L. Jennings (ed.), The Croker Papers: The Correspondence and Diaries of The Late Right Honourable John Wilson Croker, LL.,D., F.R.S., (London, 1884), 1, p. 96, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=24226, accessed: 04 December 2024
Additional Comments:
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