Record Number: 8571
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Another great source of amusement as well as knowledge, I have met with in reading almost all the best novels (Cervantes, Fielding, Smollet, Richardson, Miss Burney, Voltaire, Sterne, Le Sage, Goldsmith and others).?
Century:1700-1799
Date:unknown
Country:England
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Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:11 Sep 1746
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:Journeyman shoemaker
Religion:Wesleyan
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Don Quixote (probably)
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:8571
Source:James Lackington
Editor:n/a
Title:Memoirs of the first forty-five years of the life of James Lackington
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1791
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Page:240
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
James Lackington, Memoirs of the first forty-five years of the life of James Lackington, (London, 1791), p. 240, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=8571, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
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