Record Number: 11356

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Curiously enough the story I remember best is a grotesque and rather silly one which appeared in an annual almanac issues by "The Orkney Herald". It was an account of the origin of the Orkney and Shetland Islands...'

Century:

1850-1899, 1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1898 and 31 Dec 1901

Country:

Scotland

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Garth

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:

Edwin Muir

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

15 May 1887

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

farmer's son, later poet

Religion:

Protestant

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

Scotland

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

[unknown]

Title:

[story about the origin of Orkney and Shetland Islands]

Genre:

Fiction, Ephemera

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical, almanac

Publication Details

annually issued by "The Orkney Herald"

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

11356

Source:

Print

Author:

Edwin Muir

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The story and the fable: An autobiography

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1940

Vol:

n/a

Page:

90-91

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Edwin Muir, The story and the fable: An autobiography, (London, 1940), p. 90-91, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=11356, accessed: 13 March 2025

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Additional Comments:

None