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Record Number: 2712


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'[Grace Macaulay's diary] entry for 2 March 1890 records that she "read the boys parts of Settlers at Home and Otto Spectere (sic), all of which Will as well as Aulay much enjoyed".'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

2 Mar 1890

Country:

Italy

Time

n/a

Place:

city: village of Varazze

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:

Grace Macaulay

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1855

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

wife of academic

Religion:

Anglican

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Italy

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

sons Will and Aulay


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Wilhelm Hey

Title:

Funfzig Fabeln or Noch Funfzig Fabeln

Genre:

Fiction, Children's Lit

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

probably Mary Howitt's 1844 translation

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

2712

Source:

Print

Author:

Alice Crawford

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Paradise Pursued: The Novels of Rose Macaulay

Place of Publication:

Madison

Date of Publication:

1995

Vol:

n/a

Page:

159

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Alice Crawford, Paradise Pursued: The Novels of Rose Macaulay (Madison, 1995), p. 159, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=2712, accessed: 02 May 2024


Additional Comments:

Otto Speckter was the illustrator

   
   
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