Record Number: 3250

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

' ... [Elizabeth and Alice Thompson] used to go for picnics at Porto Fino, loaded with books of verse, and Mrs Thompson and Mr [Alfred] Strettell would read aloud to them from Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Keats, and Tennyson.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1854 and 31 Dec 1857

Country:

Italy

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Porto Fino

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:

Alfred Baker Strettell

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1817

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

Protestant chaplain, Albaro

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Italy

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

Elizabeth Thompson Alice Thompson

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Alfred Tennyson

Title:

unknown

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

3250

Source:

Print

Author:

June Badeni

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The Slender Tree: A Life of Alice Meynell

Place of Publication:

Padstow

Date of Publication:

1981

Vol:

n/a

Page:

15

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

June Badeni, The Slender Tree: A Life of Alice Meynell, (Padstow, 1981), p. 15, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3250, accessed: 22 December 2024

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Additional Comments:

Alfred Baker Strettell and his twin Henry Hill Strettell were baptised 17.02.1817. He died 11.10.1904 in Varallo, Italy. ABS was the consular chaplain in Genoa from 1851 to 1874.