Record Number: 6356

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Aunt Ellen and her friends seemed to me wonderfully up-to-date and literary. She used to read Stevenson and Henley to us, which was the height of modernity then'.

Century:

1850-1899, 1900-1945

Date:

unknown

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Cambridge
specific address: Wychfield, Huntingdon Rd

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Ellen Crofts

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1856

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

unknown

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

children, including Gwen (later Raverat)

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

(probably) William Ernest Henley

Title:

n/a

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

6356

Source:

Print

Author:

Gwen Raverat

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Period Piece

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1952

Vol:

n/a

Page:

193

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Gwen Raverat, Period Piece, (London, 1952), p. 193, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=6356, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None