Record Number: 916

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Surely no book was ever read and re-read and talked over as that first new volume, although we went on to buy many more.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1870 and 1900

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London
1 Canonbury Park North

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:

Mary Vivian (Molly) Hughes

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

2 Oct 1866

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

Anglican

Country of Origin:

England

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:

Robert Michael Ballantyne

Title:

The Iron Horse

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned
First book in children's personal library bought with pocket money

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Source Information:

Record ID:

916

Source:

Print

Author:

M. V. Hughes

Editor:

n/a

Title:

A London Family: 1870-1900

Place of Publication:

London, New York, Toronto

Date of Publication:

1946

Vol:

n/a

Page:

128

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

M. V. Hughes, A London Family: 1870-1900, (London, New York, Toronto, 1946), p. 128, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=916, accessed: 25 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None