Record Number: 3385
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Just a little note of this night. I had been working very hard and came to my room very late and tired, but took up a book, the "Fortunes of Nigel" and read on and on till it was three o'clock in the morning.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 13 Jan 1896 and 15 Jan 1896
Country:n/a
Timen/anight: until 3am
Place:n/a
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:Female
Date of Birth:4 Apr 1828
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Novelist and Critic
Religion:Free Church
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:n/a
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Fortunes of Nigel
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:3385
Source:Margaret Oliphant
Editor:Elisabeth Jay
Title:The Autobiography of Margaret Oliphant
Place of Publication:Ontario
Date of Publication:2002
Vol:n/a
Page:211
Additional Comments:
This is found in Appendix C, a diary entry from 1896
Citation:
Margaret Oliphant, Elisabeth Jay (ed.), The Autobiography of Margaret Oliphant, (Ontario, 2002), p. 211, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3385, accessed: 04 December 2024
Additional Comments:
None