Record Number: 30225
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'My mother had a school-board pupil-teacher to read aloud to her during part of the winter; she wrote: ''I embarked with her in such a frivolous novel all about flirtations and lovers that I have changed it for Miss Yonge — all about scarlet-fever and drains.'''
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between Oct 1887 and Apr 1888
Country:England
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Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Listener: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:2 May 1808
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:n/a
Religion:Unitarian
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:n/a
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:30225
Source:n/a
Editor:Henrietta Litchfield
Title:Emma Darwin: A Century of Family Letters, 1792-1896
Place of Publication:New York
Date of Publication:1915
Vol:V2
Page:279
Additional Comments:
Editorial comment by Henrietta Darwin.
Citation:
Henrietta Litchfield (ed.), Emma Darwin: A Century of Family Letters, 1792-1896, (New York, 1915), V2, p. 279, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30225, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
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