Record Number: 2314
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
It was after our second family holiday in the West Highlands of Scotland, when I was thirteen, that someone recommended that we should all read 'The Flight of the Heron' by D.K. Broster, as it dealt with that part of the country at the time of the '45 rebellion. My mother bought it, and the most exciting period of my reading life began. I was possessed by a rapture, an ecstacy, for which nothing in all my experience, and certainly not religion, had prepared me. I remember the actual surroundings in which I sat reading the book, on a bench in Phear Park, for example, on a sunny Saturday morning.
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 01 Jan 1930 and 31 Dec 1935
Country:England
Timemorning: Saturday morning
Place:city: Exmouth
specific address: Phear Park
other location: park bench
(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:Female
Date of Birth:4 Nov 1919
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:daughter of railway clerk
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:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Flight of the Heron
Genre:Fiction, History
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:2314
Source:Patricia Beer
Editor:n/a
Title:Mrs Beer's House
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1968
Vol:n/a
Page:115
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Patricia Beer, Mrs Beer's House, (London, 1968), p. 115, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=2314, accessed: 16 February 2025
Additional Comments:
shared amongst the family
