Record Number: 5593

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I read Helps's Realmah yesterday and the day before. [...] His essays are old-womanish. I have to "set a paper" on that book and am quite unprepared to ask a single question about it. The last generation of readers was so fond of what is elegant.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Feb 1887 and 28 Feb 1887

Country:

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Time

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Place:

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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:

Sir Walter Raleigh

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

5 Sep 1861

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

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Religion:

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Country of Origin:

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Country of Experience:

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Arthur Helps

Title:

Realmah

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Philosophy

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

5593

Source:

Print

Author:

Sir Walter Raleigh

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The Letters of Sir Walter Raleigh 1879-1922

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1926

Vol:

n/a

Page:

100

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Sir Walter Raleigh, The Letters of Sir Walter Raleigh 1879-1922, (London, 1926), p. 100, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5593, accessed: 11 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

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