Record Number: 4604
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Ellice Hopkins ... writing about Nottingham, decribed the operation of the "Girls' Movement" there ... She claimed that the Recreative Evening Homes were an alternative to pubs, and described how the girls were fond of being read to, "listening quietly to a pathetic or comic story, either in prose or poetry."'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Jan 1885 and 31 Dec 1887
Country:England
Timeevening
Place:city: Nottingham
county: Nottinghamshire
(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:Unknown
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Unknown/NA
Occupation:n/a
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:n/a
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
Local girls attending Recreative Evening Home
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:stories
Genre:Fiction, Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:4604
Source:Kate Flint
Editor:n/a
Title:The Woman Reader 1837-1914
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1993
Vol:n/a
Page:111
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Kate Flint, The Woman Reader 1837-1914, (Oxford, 1993), p. 111, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4604, accessed: 27 September 2024
Additional Comments:
Quotation from Ellice Hopkins, "Girls' Clubs and Recreative Evening Homes" (1887) 33.