Record Number: 26860

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Wednesday, 10 June 1829: 'I have been reading over the Five Days of St. Albans [sic], very much [quotes Lucretius, De Rerum Natura I.72] extra moenia flammantia mundi ['Beyond the flaming walls of the universe'] and possessed of considerable merit though the author loves to play at Cherry pit with Satan.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jun 1829 and 10 Jun 1829

Country:

Scotland

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Edinburgh

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:

Walter Scott

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

William Mudford

Title:

The Five Nights of St Albans

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1829

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

26860

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

572

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Walter Scott, W. E. K. Anderson (ed.), The Journal of Sir Walter Scott, (Oxford, 1972), p. 572, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=26860, accessed: 11 December 2024

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Additional Comments:

None