Record Number: 3996

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

"I began Robinson Crusoe with Laura. I think that she will be up to it & we made a pretty good start."

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

1884

Country:

England

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:

Leslie Stephen

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

28 Nov 1832

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Literary critic, historian, journalist, biographer

Religion:

Christian

Country of Origin:

England

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:

Daniel Defoe

Title:

Robinson Crusoe

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1719

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

3996

Source:

Print

Author:

Leslie Stephen

Editor:

John Bicknell

Title:

The Selected Letters of Leslie Stephen Vol 1 1864-1882

Place of Publication:

Ohio State University Press

Date of Publication:

1996

Vol:

1

Page:

318

Additional Comments:

Letter from Leslie Stephen to Julia Prinsep Stephen (22/10/1884).

Citation:

Leslie Stephen, John Bicknell (ed.), The Selected Letters of Leslie Stephen Vol 1 1864-1882 , (Ohio State University Press, 1996), 1, p. 318, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3996, accessed: 22 December 2024

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Additional Comments:

None