Record Number: 19493
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I derived a three fold Pleasure from the Receipt of Rokeby, first from the book itself, the Article, the thing sold and bought, & for this I know how much I am indebted [;] not so for the 2d part of the favour, the Pleasure of the perusal, nor for the 3d, the Honour of the present: but in more direct terms my dear Sir I do sincerely & heartily thank you & I beg of you likewise to accept the Thanks of my Household Mrs Crabbe & her Sons'. [Crabbe goes on to say how 'we had scarsely gratified our own Curiosity' when petitions from villagers to borrow the boook began]
Century:1800-1849
Date:Until: 5 Mar 1813
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Grantham
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:Male
Date of Birth:24 Dec 1754
Socio-Economic Group:Clergy (includes all denominations)
Occupation: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:Rokeby
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
present from Scott
Source Information:
Record ID:19493
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:99
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
George Crabbe, Thomas Faulkner (ed.), Selected Letters and Journals of George Crabbe, (Oxford, 1985), p. 99, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19493, accessed: 22 November 2024
Additional Comments:
Assistant editor, Rhonda Blair. Letter to Walter Scott
