Record Number: 19640
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'You and I both love reading, and it is well for me that I do; but at your time reading is but one employment, whereas with me it is almost all. And yet I often ask myself, at the end of my volumes, - Well! what am I the wiser, what the better, for this? Reading for amusement only, and, as it is said, merely to kill time, is not the satisfaction of a reasonable being. At your age, my dear Caroline, I read every book which I could procure. Now, I should wish to procure only such as are worth reading; but I confess I am frequently disappointed'.
Century:1800-1849
Date:Until: 24 Jan 1830
Country:England
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Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
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(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
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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
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Text Being Read:
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Genre:Unknown
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Source Information:
Record ID:19640
Source:George Crabbe
Editor:Thomas Faulkner
Title:Selected Letters and Journals of George Crabbe
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1985
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Page:360
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Citation:
George Crabbe, Thomas Faulkner (ed.), Selected Letters and Journals of George Crabbe, (Oxford, 1985), p. 360, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19640, accessed: 28 September 2024
Additional Comments:
Assistant editor, Rhonda Blair. Letter from George Crabbe Caroline Crabbe, his granddaughter.