Record Number: 3093
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
' ... when stuck in '" dismal dirty inn at Halifax" in Yorkshire during his lecture tour in 1857, ... [Thackeray] made himself comfortable by reading and "pleasant talk about books" with people he met.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Jan 1857 and 31 Dec 1857
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Halifax
other location: Inn
(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:1811
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:India
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:unknown
Genre:Unknown
Form of Text:Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:3093
Source:Philip Waller
Editor:n/a
Title:Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:2006
Vol:n/a
Page:18
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Philip Waller, Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918, (Oxford, 2006), p. 18, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3093, accessed: 25 April 2025
Additional Comments:
Quotation from Thackeray's 21-22 February 1857 letter to Mrs Thomas Frederick Elliot and Kate Perry, in Edgar F, Harden, ed., Selected Letters of Wiliam Makepeace Thackeray (1996) 315-16.