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Readings from The Journal. |
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he Journal read by Prof. David W. Purdie
This is the entry in Scott's Journal for December 18th 1825. After several days and indeed weeks of mounting tension due to the evolving financial crisis in London Scott had a visitor on that morning which announced that he had failed financially and that The Crash was upon him. This is his entry in his Journal of that fatal morning.
Click on the button below to listen to his recording. (5mins)
Read along as you listen to the recording - a facsimile copy of the text is below.
Permission was obtained from Canongate Books to reproduce the extracts from the 1972 edition shown below.
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