Record Number: 19460
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I read novels and poetry and began to contribute to Magazines and Diaries.'
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between 1 Jan 1771 and 31 Dec 1775
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Woodbridge
county: Suffolk
(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:Unknown
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:24 Dec 1754
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:doctor's apprentice; later clergyman and poet
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[Novels and poetry]
Genre:Fiction, Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:19460
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:10
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
George Crabbe, Thomas Faulkner (ed.), Selected Letters and Journals of George Crabbe, (Oxford, 1985), p. 10, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19460, accessed: 28 September 2024
Additional Comments:
Assistant editor Rhonda Blair. Letter to Edmund Burke, 26th June 1781. Crabbe was 17 to 21 during the period discussed