Record Number: 3696

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Before this walk we had service in chapel, on this wise. Two or 3 collects, 3 psalms, 1 lesson out of the apocrypha, a Latin speech in praise of the Civil Law, a list (also in Latin) of our benefactors & the Te Deum to wind up with.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

24 Dec 1866

Country:

England

Time

daytime

Place:

city: Cambridge
specific address: Trinity Hall Chapel

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Listener:

Leslie Stephen

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

28 Nov 1832

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Literary critic, historian, journalist, biographer

Religion:

Christian

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

[a list in Latin of benefactors]

Genre:

list

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ

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Source Information:

Record ID:

3696

Source:

Print

Author:

Leslie Stephen

Editor:

John Bicknell

Title:

The Selected Letters of Leslie Stephen Vol 1 1864-1882.

Place of Publication:

Ohio State University Press

Date of Publication:

1996

Vol:

1

Page:

40

Additional Comments:

Letter from Leslie Stephen to his fiancee Harriett Marian Thackery (24/12/1866)

Citation:

Leslie Stephen, John Bicknell (ed.), The Selected Letters of Leslie Stephen Vol 1 1864-1882., (Ohio State University Press, 1996), 1, p. 40, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3696, accessed: 30 April 2025

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Additional Comments:

None