Evidence: | 'On the day that the bloody battle of Gravellote was fought [August 18, 1870] they [Hardy and Emma] were reading Tennyson in the grounds of the rectory.' |
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Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | 18 Aug 1870 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | county: Cornwall other location: St Juliot Rectory |
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Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reading Group: | Thomas Hardy and his wife Emma Gifford |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | n/a |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Reading aloud to each other? |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Alfred Tennyson |
Title: | [Unknown - Poetry] |
Genre: | Poetry |
Form of Text: | Unknown |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 11164 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | J. O. Bailey | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | The Poetry of Thomas Hardy | |
Place of Publication: | Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press | |
Date of Publication: | 1970 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 499 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | J. O. Bailey, The Poetry of Thomas Hardy (Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1970), p. 499, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=11164, accessed: 20 April 2024 |
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