Record Number: 5863

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I came home and read Hudibras and William Byrd ...'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

5 Nov 1832

Country:

America

Time

morning: after going out shooting
daytime

Place:

city: Brandon
county: Virginia
other location: Mr Harrison's House

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:

William Richard Grahame

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

16 Apr 1807

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Lawyer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

America

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Samuel Butler

Title:

Hudibras

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (private library)

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Source Information:

Record ID:

5863

Source:

Print

Author:

William Richard Grahame

Editor:

Fred B. Grahame

Title:

The Diary of W.R.Grahame in the United States and Canada

Place of Publication:

Dundas

Date of Publication:

1989

Vol:

n/a

Page:

122

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

William Richard Grahame, Fred B. Grahame (ed.), The Diary of W.R.Grahame in the United States and Canada, (Dundas, 1989), p. 122, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5863, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None