Record Number: 26781

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Sunday, 1 June 1828: 'We reachd Carlisle at seven o' clock and were housed for the night. My books being exhausted I lighted on an odd volume of the Gentleman's Magazine, a work in which as in a pawnbroker's shop much of real curiosity and value are [sic] stowd away and conceald amid the frippery and trumpery of those reverend old gentlewomen who were the regular correspondents of the work.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

1 Jun 1828

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

city: Carlisle

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:

Reader:

Walter Scott

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1771

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

The Gentleman's Magazine

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, History, Poetry, Biography, Geography / Travel, Politics, Law, Science, Arts / architecture, Technology, Natural history, Miscellany / Anthology, Agriculture / horticulture / husbandry

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

26781

Source:

Print

Author:

Walter Scott

Editor:

W. E. K. Anderson

Title:

The Journal of Sir Walter Scott

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1972

Vol:

n/a

Page:

488

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Walter Scott, W. E. K. Anderson (ed.), The Journal of Sir Walter Scott, (Oxford, 1972), p. 488, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=26781, accessed: 28 September 2024

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Additional Comments:

None