Record Number: 26796

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Saturday, 28 February 1829: 'Read part of a curious work calld Memoirs of Vidocque, a fellow who was at the head of Bonaparte's police. It is a picaresque tale, in other words a romance of roguery. The whole seems much exaggerated and got up but I suppose there is truth au fond.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

28 Feb 1829

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:

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:

Scotland

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Memoires de Vidocque, Chef de la Police de Surete jusqu'en 1827

Genre:

Autobiog / Diary, Unknown

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1828

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

26796

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:

525

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Walter Scott, W. E. K. Anderson (ed.), The Journal of Sir Walter Scott, (Oxford, 1972), p. 525, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=26796, accessed: 28 September 2024

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Additional Comments:

Source ed. notes that text 'was sent, at Scott's request, by the publisher of the Foreign Quarterly where it had been reviewed' (p.525 n.6).