Record Number: 6308
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
[L.M. Montgomery] 'read a great deal; she mentions fifty different authors in her journal which covers the years 1910 to 1921. Titles range from Gibbon's "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" to Beatrix Potter's "Peter Rabbit" and Thackeray's "Vanity Fair". She also read many female writers, such as George Eliot, Charlotte Bronte, Edith Wharton and Olive Schreiner'.
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1910 and 1921
Country:Canada
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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:Female
Date of Birth:30 Nov 1874
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:teacher and writer
Religion:Christian, Protestant
Country of Origin:Canada
Country of Experience:Canada
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Vanity Fair
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:6308
Source:Gabriella Ahmansson
Editor:n/a
Title:A Life and Its Mirrors. A Feminist Reading of L.M. Montgomery's Fiction
Place of Publication:Uppsala
Date of Publication:1991
Vol:1
Page:27
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Gabriella Ahmansson, A Life and Its Mirrors. A Feminist Reading of L.M. Montgomery's Fiction, (Uppsala, 1991), 1, p. 27, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=6308, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
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