Record Number: 24289
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Many Catholic books, in which she browsed "with what thoughts", as Carlyle would say, followed her to Levens [a house she rented in Kent], giving her that grip of detail in matters of belief or ritual without which she could not have approached her subject [the novel "Helbeck of Bannisdale"], but which she had now learnt to absorb and re-fashion far more skilfully than in the days of "Robert Elsmere".'
Century:1850-1899
Date:From: 6 Mar 1897
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:county: Kent
specific address: Levens
(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:Female
Date of Birth:11 Jun 1851
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:writer
Religion:n/a
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:[Catholic literature]
Genre:Other religious
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:24289
Source:Janet Penrose Trevelyan
Editor:n/a
Title:The Life of Mrs Humphry Ward
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1923
Vol:n/a
Page:145-6
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Janet Penrose Trevelyan, The Life of Mrs Humphry Ward, (London, 1923), p. 145-6, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=24289, accessed: 28 September 2024
Additional Comments:
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