Record Number: 30760
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Afternoon stopped at home and finished "Cuckoo Clock"[...].'
Century:1850-1899
Date:2 Jan 1878
Country:England
Timeafternoon
daytime
city: Redcar
county: N.Yorks
specific address: Red Barns
(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:16 Jul 1868
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:child
Religion:Christian (Anglican) later declared herself atheist
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Cuckoo Clock
Genre:Fiction, Children's Lit
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsfirst published 1877
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:30760
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
on-line archive of letters and diaries at www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk
Additional Information:
Diary entry 2 January 1878 http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/diary_details.php?diary_id=2061
Citation:
on-line archive of letters and diaries at www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30760, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
It is unclear whether this is a solitary or shared reading experience. Gertrude Bell, aged 9 at the time, records in her diary a few weeks earlier on 15 December 1877, and again on 4 February 1878, that she was reading to herself. There are repeated references in 1877 entries to shared reading experiences with her parents Florence and Hugh Bell, though the texts are not specified.