Evidence: | 'It was in 1886 [...] that Mrs Ward began seriously to read Greek, usually with her ten-year-old son; she bought a Thucydides in Godalming one day and was delighted to find it easier than she expected'. |
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Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1886 and 31 Dec 1886 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | county: Surrey specific address: Borough Farm |
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Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Mary Ward |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 11 Jun 1751 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | writer |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | n/a |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Thucydides |
Title: | n/a |
Genre: | Classics, History |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | in Ancient Greek |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 24058 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Janet Penrose Trevelyan | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | The Life of Mrs Humphry Ward | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1923 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 46 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Janet Penrose Trevelyan, The Life of Mrs Humphry Ward (London, 1923), p. 46, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=24058, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
read with her son |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 27th Apr 2016 3:15pm (GMT)