Record Number: 19505

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Our lord of the "cairn & the scaur" waste wilderness and hundred hills for many a league around is the Duke of Buccleuch the head of my clan a kind & benevolent landlord a warm and zealous friend and the husband of a lady comme il y'en a peu. They are both great admirers of Mr Crabbes poetry and would be happy to know him should he ever come to Scotland and venture into the Gothic halls of a Border Chief.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Until: 1 Jun 1813

Country:

Scotland

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reading Group:

Charles William Montagu Scott and Harriet Katherine Townshend, Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Unknown

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

Christian

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

Scotland

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

George Crabbe

Title:

[Works]

Genre:

Fiction, Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

19505

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

109

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

George Crabbe, Thomas Faulkner (ed.), Selected Letters and Journals of George Crabbe, (Oxford, 1985), p. 109, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19505, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

Assistant editor, Rhonda Blair. Letter from Scott to Crabbe