Record Number: 25147

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Although Mrs Craigie carried out her "duties" as a Roman Catholic, she took her religion lightly, and from her writings it was easy to read that she did not mind jests about the saints ... She told me that her conversion was entirely due to her reading Rabelais, which at the time I believed literally'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

unknown

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

3 Nov 1867

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

writer

Religion:

Catholic

Country of Origin:

America

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

pen name: John Oliver Hobbes

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Text Being Read:

Author:

François Rabelais

Title:

[unknown]

Genre:

Fiction, Philosophy, satire

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

25147

Source:

Print

Author:

Zoe Procter

Editor:

George Baker

Title:

Life and Yesterday

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1960

Vol:

n/a

Page:

71

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Zoe Procter, George Baker (ed.), Life and Yesterday, (London, 1960), p. 71, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=25147, accessed: 16 February 2025

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Additional Comments:

None