Record Number: 24997

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

George Grote to George W. Norman, 26 June 1816: 'From England, in 1816, it is delightful to retire, even to Italy in its most disorganized periods. I have not yet arrived at Sismondi's second volume, as I have employed myself in deducing a short narrative of Italian transactions, from the invasion of the Lombards [...] I have always found that, in order to make myself master of a subject, the best mode was to sit down and give an account of it to myself.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1816 and 26 Jun 1816

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

George Grote

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

17 Nov 1794

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Banker

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Sismondi

Title:

history of Italy (vol. 1)

Genre:

History, Politics

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

24997

Source:

Print

Author:

Harriet Grote

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The Personal Life of George Grote by Mrs Grote. Compiled from Family Documents, Private Memoranda, and Original Letters to and from Various Friends

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1873

Vol:

n/a

Page:

18-19

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Harriet Grote, The Personal Life of George Grote by Mrs Grote. Compiled from Family Documents, Private Memoranda, and Original Letters to and from Various Friends , (London, 1873), p. 18-19, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=24997, accessed: 13 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

Source author adds note on same page: 'These synoptical notes on Sismondi's history are in the possession of Mrs. Grote, and are entire and complete -- occupying some forty pages of MSS.'