Record Number: 3195
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'... [Walter Scott's] books captivated ... [Andrew Lang] as a boy and 'grow better on every fresh reading."'
Century:1850-1899, 1900-1945
Date:unknown
Country:unknown
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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:Unknown
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:1844
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:unknown
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:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:3195
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
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Page:181
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Philip Waller, Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918, (Oxford, 2006), p. 181, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3195, accessed: 06 December 2024
Additional Comments:
Quotation from Andrew Lang, Adventures Among Books (1905) 82.