Record Number: 28953
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I have
been reading David Simple, "which I like well enough, and
think there are a great many good reflections to be made from it,
and therefore very amusing."
I have read one volume of David Simple; am vastly
pleased with many things in it, and though 'tis not so well wrote
as to the style, yet there are too many truths in it of which one
may make a proper use on [sic], and very applicable to the
present age.'
1700-1799
Date:Between 1 Jun 1744 and 6 Jun 1744
Country:Belgium
Timen/a
Place:other location: Beirleghem Camp
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:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:Lieutenant Colonel, Coldstream Guards, British Army
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Belgium
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Adventures of David Simple
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:28953
Source:n/a
Editor:n/a
Title:Historic Manuscripts Commission Report 52: Mrs. Frankland-Russell-Astley, at Chequers Court, Bucks.
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1900
Vol:n/a
Page:318, 320
Additional Comments:
http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=6010423
Citation:
Historic Manuscripts Commission Report 52: Mrs. Frankland-Russell-Astley, at Chequers Court, Bucks., (London, 1900), p. 318, 320, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28953, accessed: 09 May 2025
Additional Comments:
Col. Charles Russell, lieut.-colonel in the 1st regiment and afterwards in the Coldstream regiment of Guards.
