Record Number: 12152

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Arthur became interested in "humanity" when he discovered George Borrow's semi-autobiographical novel "Lavengro" (1851), which contains the author's adventures among gypsies; as a result Arthur began studying Romany. For the remainder of his life he was absorbed by both the gypsies and their language, perhaps because of their rootlessness and wanderings'.

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1880 and 1 Jan 1885

Country:

England

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:

Arthur Symons

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

28 Feb 1865

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

Wesleyan preacher's son, later poet

Religion:

Wesleyan, later none

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:

George Borrow

Title:

Lavengro

Genre:

Fiction, Autobiog / Diary

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

12152

Source:

Print

Author:

Karl Beckson

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Arthur Symons: A Life

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1987

Vol:

n/a

Page:

13

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Karl Beckson, Arthur Symons: A Life, (Oxford, 1987), p. 13, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12152, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None