Record Number: 26853
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Wednesday, 12 March 1829: 'I read Reginald Heber's journal after dinner. I spent some merry days with him at Oxford when he was writing his prize-poem. He was then a gay young fellow, a wit and a satirist and burning for literary fame. My laurels were beginning to bloom and we were both mad-caps -- Who would have fortold our future lot?'
Century:1800-1849
Date:12 Mar 1829
Country:Scotland
Timeevening
Place:specific address: Abbotsford
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
.
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Narrative of a Journey through the Upper Provinces of India
Genre:Autobiog / Diary, Geography / Travel
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:26853
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:533
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Walter Scott, W. E. K. Anderson (ed.), The Journal of Sir Walter Scott, (Oxford, 1972), p. 533, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=26853, accessed: 05 October 2024
Additional Comments:
Title of text supplied by source ed., who also notes that 3rd (1828) edition of text is in the Abbotsford library; see p.533 n.1.