Record Number: 4851
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
In one place in which she worked as a servant, where "Mrs Layton's" reading approved of: "she became particularly keen on reading travel literature ..."
Century:1850-1899
Date:unknown
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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:Unknown
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:1855
Socio-Economic Group:Servant
Occupation:n/a
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:n/a
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:travel writing
Genre:Geography / Travel
Form of Text:Print: Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:4851
Source:Kate Flint
Editor:n/a
Title:The Woman Reader: 1837-1914
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1993
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Page:234
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Kate Flint, The Woman Reader: 1837-1914, (Oxford, 1993), p. 234, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4851, accessed: 27 September 2024
Additional Comments:
Citation of source of anecdote, p.234 n.177, gives reader's name as Mrs Layard.