Record Number: 32005

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'We went below at half-past seven, and I read the fourth and fifth cantos of The Lay of the Last Minstrel to Albert, and then we played on the piano.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

16 Sep 1842

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

other location: on board steamer, North Sea

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Queen Victoria

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

24 May 1819

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

Queen

Religion:

Church of England

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:

Sir Walter Scott

Title:

The Lay of the Last Minstrel

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

32005

Source:

Print

Author:

Queen Victoria

Editor:

Arthur Helps

Title:

Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands, from 1848-1861. To Which are Prefixed and Added, Extracts from the Same Journal, Giving an Account of Earlier Visits to Scotland, and Tours in England and Ireland, and Yachting Excursions

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1868

Vol:

n/a

Page:

42

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Queen Victoria, Arthur Helps (ed.), Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands, from 1848-1861. To Which are Prefixed and Added, Extracts from the Same Journal, Giving an Account of Earlier Visits to Scotland, and Tours in England and Ireland, and Yachting Excursions, (London, 1868), p. 42, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32005, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None