Record Number: 4427

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'[Benjamin] Franklin repudiated local tradition in favor of the new prose style he encountered in stray copies of the "Spectator" and "Tatler".'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

unknown

Country:

n/a

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

Benjamin Franklin

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

17 Jan 1706

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

Scientist; politician; writer; printer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Massachusetts

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

The Tatler

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Miscellany / Anthology

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

4427

Source:

Print

Author:

David D. Hall

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Cultures of Print: Essays in the History of the Book

Place of Publication:

Amherst

Date of Publication:

1996

Vol:

n/a

Page:

28

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

David D. Hall, Cultures of Print: Essays in the History of the Book, (Amherst, 1996), p. 28, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4427, accessed: 09 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

None