Record Number: 32263
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'...Mother reads all the new French novels and Rudyard Kipling ... and though she says they are so horrible she can hardly get through them, she will go on reading them ... But how if you cannot read Dickens because of the vulgarity you can enjoy Rudyard Kipling is more than I can understand.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Until: 9 Sep 1891
Country:England/France
Timen/a
Place:Sunninghill, Ascot
Berkshire
Frognal
(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:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation:n/a
Religion:Anglican
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England/France
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:French novels
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:32263
Source:Emily, Lady Lutyens
Editor:n/a
Title:A Blessed Girl: Memoirs of a Victorian Girlhood
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1953
Vol:n/a
Page:58
Additional Comments:
Letter from Emily Lytton to Rev. Whitwell Elwin. Frognal, 9 September, 1891
Citation:
Emily, Lady Lutyens, A Blessed Girl: Memoirs of a Victorian Girlhood, (London, 1953), p. 58, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32263, accessed: 28 September 2024
Additional Comments:
None