| Evidence: | in 'The Scarlet Pimpernel' there was the key line, 'That demmed elusive Pimpernel'; and, of course, 'demmed' would never do, so Mother substituted 'awful'. I think she deliberately chose a word which did not scan and which obviously was not the original one... 'The Scarlet Pimpernel', incidentally, was another great favourite of Mother's... |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1925 and 31 Dec 1935 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Exmouth location in dwelling: at home, in kitchen, front room and garden |
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| Reader: | Harriet Beer |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
| Occupation: | wife of railway clerk |
| Religion: | Plymouth Brethern |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
daughters -Patricia Beer and Sheila Beer |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Baroness Emmuska Orczy |
| Title: | The Scarlet Pimpernel |
| Genre: | Fiction, History |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 2213 | |
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| Author: | Patricia Beer | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Mrs Beer's House | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1968 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 100-101 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Patricia Beer, Mrs Beer's House (London, 1968), p. 100-101, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=2213, accessed: 25 April 2024 | |
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