Record Number: 29879

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'On the whole my experience of being read to by my parents was not a success. Alice in Wonderland was spoiled by my constant habit of asking questions and my intolerance of frustration. The mouse's tail made me feel, well, like the animals. Why was it dry? Who was Fury? Why? What was he furious about? Why did the mouse's tail get smaller later? Yes, but why do mice's tails...? My father was torn between the desire to be patient and the wish to get on with the book. "It gets better later", he said, but it did not.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 8 Sep 1897 and 7 Sep 1905

Country:

India

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Mathura

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Listener:

Wilfred Ruprecht Bion

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

8 Sep 1897

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Psychoanalyst

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

India (of Anglo-French ancestry)

Country of Experience:

India

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Charles Lutwidge Dodson

Title:

Alice Adventures in Wonderland

Genre:

Children's Lit

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

29879

Source:

Print

Author:

Wilfred R. Bion

Editor:

Francesca Bion

Title:

The Long Week-End 1897-1919: Part of a Life

Place of Publication:

Abingdon

Date of Publication:

1982

Vol:

n/a

Page:

26

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Wilfred R. Bion, Francesca Bion (ed.), The Long Week-End 1897-1919: Part of a Life (Abingdon, 1982), p. 26, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=29879, accessed: 02 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None