Record Number: 8400

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'In 1889 [...] [Charlotte Mew] had been reading [Richard] Jeffries' "Field and Hedgerow", his last essays, a book published after his death [which supplied the epigram for Mew's story "The Minnow Fishers"].'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1889 and 31 Dec 1889

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

Charlotte Mew

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1869

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Richard Jeffries

Title:

Field and Hedgerow

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Philosophy, Natural history

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

8400

Source:

Print

Author:

Penelope Fitzgerald

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Charlotte Mew and Her Friends

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1984

Vol:

n/a

Page:

53

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Penelope Fitzgerald, Charlotte Mew and Her Friends, (London, 1984), p. 53, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=8400, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None