Record Number: 1762
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'On 19 Aug. 1810, D[orothy] W[ordsworth] told W[ordsworth] that she was "reading Malkin's Gil Blas - and it is a beautiful Book as to printing etc but I think the Translation vulgar."'
Century:1800-1849
Date:19 Aug 1810
Country:England
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Type of Experience(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:Female
Date of Birth:25 Dec 1771
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, The
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsTranslated Benjamin Heath Malkin; 4 vols, 1809
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:1762
Source:Duncan Wu
Editor:n/a
Title:Wordsworth's Reading 1800-1815
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1995
Vol:n/a
Page:133-34
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Duncan Wu, Wordsworth's Reading 1800-1815, (Cambridge, 1995), p. 133-34, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=1762, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
Noted in entry 252 of Wu (1995); quotation from Alan G. Hill, ed., The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth VIII: A Supplement of New Letters (1993) 42.