Record Number: 8493

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Went to hear Mr and Mrs Wigan read Tennyson and "the Rivals" at Apsley House'.

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

28 Jun 1865

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London
specific address: Apsley 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:

Reading Group:

Mr and Mrs Wigan

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Unknown

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

unknown

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

unknown

Country of Experience:

England

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

George Eliot and others

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Title:

unknown

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: BookManuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

8493

Source:

Print

Author:

George Eliot

Editor:

Margaret Harris

Title:

The Journals of George Eliot

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

1998

Vol:

n/a

Page:

124

Additional Comments:

co-editor Judith Johnston

Citation:

George Eliot, Margaret Harris (ed.), The Journals of George Eliot, (Cambridge, 1998), p. 124, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=8493, accessed: 22 December 2024

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Additional Comments:

None