Record Number: 1714
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Writing to D[orothy] W[ordsworth] on 19 Aug. 1814, W[ordsworth] describes an incident in a Perth bookshop: "I stepped yesterday evening into a Bookseller's shop with a sneaking hope that I might hear something about the Excursion ... on the contrary, inquiry of the Bookseller what a poetical parcel he was then opening consisted of, he said that it was a new Poem, called Lara ... supposed to be written by Lord Byron ... I took the book in my hand, and saw Jacqueline in the same column with Lara ... "'
Century:1800-1849
Date:18 Aug 1814
Country:Scotland
Timeevening
Place:city: Perth
other location: bookshop
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:7 Apr 1770
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Lara
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1814
Provenanceread in situ
Source Information:
Record ID:1714
Source:Duncan Wu
Editor:n/a
Title:Wordsworth's Reading 1800-1815
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1995
Vol:n/a
Page:41
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Duncan Wu, Wordsworth's Reading 1800-1815, (Cambridge, 1995), p. 41, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=1714, accessed: 22 November 2024
Additional Comments:
From entry 80 (iii) in Wu (1995); quotation from Alan G. Hill, ed., The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth VIII: A Supplement of New Letters (1993) 149.
