Record Number: 4720

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

' ...[Lady Frances Balfour] was forbidden to read the second volume of ... [Uncle Tom's Cabin] "but human nature cannot be denied, and of course I read it" ...'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

unknown

Country:

England

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Lady Frances Balfour

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

22 Feb 1858

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

Suffragist

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Title:

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

4720

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:

213

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Kate Flint, The Woman Reader 1837-1914 (Oxford, 1993), p. 213, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=4720, accessed: 26 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Quotation from Lady Frances Balfour, "Ne Obliviscaris: Dinna Forget" (2 vols, 1930) 1: 89.