Record Number: 19459
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I continued two years with this man [an apothecary to whom he was apprenticed], I read Romances and learned to Bleed'.
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between 1 Jan 1768 and 31 Dec 1771
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Aldeburgh
county: Suffolk
other location: Apothecary's shop
(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:Child (0-17)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:24 Dec 1754
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:tax collector's son; later clergyman and poet
Religion:Christian
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:[Romances]
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:19459
Source:George Crabbe
Editor:Thomas Faulkner
Title:Selected Letters and Journals of George Crabbe
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1985
Vol:n/a
Page:9
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
George Crabbe, Thomas Faulkner (ed.), Selected Letters and Journals of George Crabbe, (Oxford, 1985), p. 9, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19459, accessed: 28 September 2024
Additional Comments:
Assistant editor Rhonda Blair. Letter to Edmund Burke, 26th June 1781