Record Number: 5560

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

H. J. Jackson notes John Gibson Lockhart's annotations, including personal reminiscences in response to sections of text, in his copy of James Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson.

Century:

1800-1849, 1850-1899

Date:

unknown

Country:

n/a

Time

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Place:

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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:

John Gibson Lockhart

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1794

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

James Boswell

Title:

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D

Genre:

Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Ed. J. W. Croker. 5 vols, London: Murray, 1831

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

5560

Source:

Print

Author:

H. J. Jackson

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books

Place of Publication:

New Haven

Date of Publication:

2001

Vol:

n/a

Page:

171-72

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

H. J. Jackson, Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books, (New Haven, 2001), p. 171-72, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5560, accessed: 25 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None