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Record Number: 4688


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'As a child in the late 1860s and 1870s, the books ... [Florence White] used to read were "The Wide, Wide World", "Queechy", and "Ministering Children" ...'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1866 and 31 Dec 1879

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

London

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:

Florence White

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

20 Jun 1863

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Susan Warner

Title:

The Wide, Wide World

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

4688

Source:

Print

Author:

Kate Flint

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The Woman Reader 1837-1914

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1993

Vol:

n/a

Page:

207

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Kate Flint, The Woman Reader 1837-1914 (Oxford, 1993), p. 207, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=4688, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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