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Record Number: 249


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'lucy / wordsworth she dwelt in the untrodden ways,beside the springs of dove...' Transcribes text but with significant errors when compared to wordsworth's original. The original first line 'she dwelt among the untrodden ways'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 01 Jun 1824 and 31 Dec 1834

Country:

n/a

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Mary Groom

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

William Wordsworth

Title:

Song: she dwelt among th' untrodden ways

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

249

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Mary Groom

Title:

Commonplace Book June 24th 1824

Location:

St. Clair Collection

Call No:

n/a

Page/Folio:

127

Additional Information:

n/a

Citation:

Mary Groom, Commonplace Book June 24th 1824, St. Clair Collection, 127, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=249, accessed: 22 November 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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