Record Number: 7902

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'On the next day (Tuesday 31st) I went to Canterbury in the coach & on the same evening in the diligence to Dover where I amused myself with reading "Herman of Unna" (a then popular novel) which I got at Canterbury...'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

31 Mar 1795

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

city: Dover

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:

John Marsh

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

31 May 1752

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Musian / composer / gentleman

Religion:

n/a

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:

C B E Naubert

Title:

Hermann of Unna

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

3 vols, 1794

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

7902

Source:

Print

Author:

John Marsh

Editor:

Brian Robins

Title:

The John Marsh Journals. The life and times of a gentleman composer (1752-1828)

Place of Publication:

New York

Date of Publication:

1998

Vol:

n/a

Page:

571

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

John Marsh, Brian Robins (ed.), The John Marsh Journals. The life and times of a gentleman composer (1752-1828), (New York, 1998), p. 571, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=7902, accessed: 18 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None