Record Number: 3717

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'[I] sit through the evening with Denny alone generally, often reading a little Italian'.

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1891 and 30 Jan 1891

Country:

Switzerland

Time

evening

Place:

city: Davos

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Margaret Oliphant

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:

Switzerland

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

Denny Wilson Oliphant

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

[Italian]

Genre:

Poetry, Italian

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

3717

Source:

Print

Author:

Margaret Oliphant

Editor:

Elisabeth Jay

Title:

The Autobiography of Margaret Oliphant

Place of Publication:

Ontario

Date of Publication:

2002

Vol:

n/a

Page:

96

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Margaret Oliphant, Elisabeth Jay (ed.), The Autobiography of Margaret Oliphant, (Ontario, 2002), p. 96, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3717, accessed: 09 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

None