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the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

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Lucy Housman

 

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William Makepeace Thackeray : [unknown]

'At home there were daily Bible-readings in the family circle for many years, but secular reading aloud happily also found a place. Lucy was "A good reader" and gave them Scott and Thackeray and Tom Moore as well as Shakespeare; Edward read Pickwick.'

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: Lucy Housman      Print: Book

  

Walter Scott : [unknown]

'At home there were daily Bible-readings in the family circle for many years, but secular reading aloud happily also found a place. Lucy was "A good reader" and gave them Scott and Thackeray and Tom Moore as well as Shakespeare; Edward read Pickwick.'

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: Lucy Housman      Print: Book

  

Thomas Moore : [unknown]

'At home there were daily Bible-readings in the family circle for many years, but secular reading aloud happily also found a place. Lucy was "A good reader" and gave them Scott and Thackeray and Tom Moore as well as Shakespeare; Edward read Pickwick.'

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: Lucy Housman      Print: Book

 

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