Record Number: 26692
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Tuesday, 23 January 1827: 'Betwixt dinner and tea while husbanding a tumbler of whisky and water I read the new novel Elizabeth de Bruce -- part of it that is'.
Century:1800-1849
Date:23 Jan 1827
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:city: Edinburgh
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:1771
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Elizabeth de Bruce
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1827
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:26692
Source:Walter Scott
Editor:W. E. K. Anderson
Title:The Journal of Sir Walter Scott
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1972
Vol:n/a
Page:268
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Walter Scott, W. E. K. Anderson (ed.), The Journal of Sir Walter Scott, (Oxford, 1972), p. 268, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=26692, accessed: 05 October 2024
Additional Comments:
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