Record Number: 4842
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
"As ... [Hannah Mitchell's] love of books became known locally: 'I made free of such libraries as the neighbours possessed, which led to my reading some curious and unsuitable matter, old-fashioned theological works, early Methodist magazines, cookery books and queer tales of murder and robbery. One such, entitled 'The Castle of Otranto', haunted my dreams for many a night'."
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1875 and 1879
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:county: Peak District
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:Female
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Farmer's daughter
Religion:n/a
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:cookery books
Genre:Cookery
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (other)
Source Information:
Record ID:4842
Source:Kate Flint
Editor:n/a
Title:The Woman Reader: 1837-1914
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1993
Vol:n/a
Page:233
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Kate Flint, The Woman Reader: 1837-1914, (Oxford, 1993), p. 233, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4842, accessed: 27 September 2024
Additional Comments:
Quotation from Hannah Mitchell, The Hard Way Up: The Autobiography of Hannah Mitchell, Suffragette and Rebel (1968) 44.