Record Number: 26916
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Saturday, 3 July 1830: 'I read Southey's Pilgrim's Progress and think of reviewing the same [...] Read Hone's Every day Book and with a better opinion of him than I expected from his anti-religious frenzy.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:3 Jul 1830
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
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, With Life of the Author
Genre:Other religious, Fiction, Essays / Criticism, Biography
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsEd. Robert Southey
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:26916
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:605
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Walter Scott, W. E. K. Anderson (ed.), The Journal of Sir Walter Scott, (Oxford, 1972), p. 605, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=26916, accessed: 03 October 2024
Additional Comments:
Source ed. notes that Abbotsford Library has 'Proof Prints, 1830' text; see p.605 n.2.