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Record Number: 17079


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'We are reading "The Prisoner of Zenda" in sewing lessons. It is very exciting, and I love it.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

3 Oct 1940

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

other location: sewing classroom

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Hilary Spalding

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

3 Sep 1927

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

schoolchild

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

Other pupils, sewing mistress


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Antony Hope

Title:

The Prizoner of Zenda

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ


Source Information:

Record ID:

17079

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Hilary Spalding

Title:

MS Diary 1940

Location:

private collection

Call No:

n/a

Page/Folio:

n/a

Citation:

Hilary Spalding, MS Diary 1940 private collection, p. n/a, p. n/a, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=17079, accessed: 24 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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