Record Number: 24311

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'[Mrs Ward] had found a task for Mrs Lyttelton's quick mind, to while away the too-long hours of that summer [while her husband was fighting in the Boer war], in a translation into English of the "Pensees" of Joubert; their consultations over the fine shades of his meaning, while the bees hummed in the lime tree on the lawn, became the light and relaxation of her days, while, later on, the Introduction she contributed to the book helped its appearance with the public'.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 May 1900 and 1 Sep 1900

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Aldbury
county: Hertfordshire
specific address: stocks Cottage, on Mrs Ward's estate

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Katherine Lyttelton

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

soldier's wife

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Joseph Joubert

Title:

Pensees

Genre:

Philosophy

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

in French

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

24311

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

175

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Janet Penrose Trevelyan, The Life of Mrs Humphry Ward, (London, 1923), p. 175, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=24311, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

read in order to translate; translation appeared 1899.