Record Number: 3987
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
"But I read with unchecked voracity, and in several curios directions...My Father presented me with the entire bulk of Southey's stony verse, which I found it impossible to penetrate, but my stepmother lent me 'The Golden Treasury' in which almost everything seemed exquisite."
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Jan 1865 and 31 Dec 1866
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:
Reader: Age:Child (0-17)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:1849
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:son of zoological writer
Religion:Plymouth Brethren
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:The Golden Treasury
Genre:Miscellany / Anthology
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Provenanceborrowed (other)
Source Information:
Record ID:3987
Source:Edmund Gosse
Editor:n/a
Title:Father and Son : a study of two temperments
Place of Publication:Keele
Date of Publication:1994
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Page:193
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Edmund Gosse, Father and Son : a study of two temperments, (Keele, 1994), p. 193, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3987, accessed: 17 August 2024
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