Record Number: 11243
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'...and we now started Latin, in a little eighteenth-century reading book, out of which my Grandfather had been taught. It consisted of strings of works, and of grim arrangements of conjunction and declension, presented in a manner appallingly unattractive. I used to be set down in the study, under my Father's eye, to learn a solid page of this compilation, while he wrote or painted...It was almost more than human nature could bear to have to sit holding up to my face the dreary little Latin book, with its sheep-skin cover that smelt of mildewed paste.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Jun 1859 and 31 Aug 1859
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:county: Devon
location in dwelling: study in family home in Devon
(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:Child (0-17)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:1849
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:son of zoological writer
Religion:Plymouth Brethren
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:[Latin Grammar]
Genre:Textbook / self-education, Reference / General works
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailspublished during the 18th century
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:11243
Source:Edmund Gosse
Editor:n/a
Title:Father and Son: a study of two temperments
Place of Publication:Keele: Ryburn Publishing
Date of Publication:1994
Vol:n/a
Page:120
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Edmund Gosse, Father and Son: a study of two temperments, (Keele: Ryburn Publishing, 1994), p. 120, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=11243, accessed: 22 December 2024
Additional Comments:
None
