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Record Number: 4700


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

' ... Jean Curtis Brown and her friend Lucy [consumed] the forbidden magazine "Home Chat", borrowed from the kitchen on the cook's night out.'

Century:

1800-1849, 1850-1899, 1900-1945

Date:

unknown

Country:

n/a

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

Reading Group:

Jean Curtis Brown and friend

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Home Chat

Genre:

Fiction, Miscellany / Anthology

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (other)


Source Information:

Record ID:

4700

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:

210

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Kate Flint, The Woman Reader 1837-1914 (Oxford, 1993), p. 210, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=4700, accessed: 02 May 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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