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Record 29118

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'I said rather dazedly aloud - to Beston - I wonder what time the next train to London goes - & a stranger with a time-table told me. I had just time to catch it. I had a carriage to myself & tried to read the "Triumph of Time" - through tears.'
Century: 1900-1945
Date: 28 Feb 1915
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: other location: Onboard train to London
   
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:

Reader:Violet Asquith
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender n/a
Date of Birth 15 Apr 1887
Socio-economic group: Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation: Lecturer and political activist
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Robert Greene
Title: Pandosto
Genre: Fiction
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 29118  
Source - Print  
  Author: n/a
  Editor: Mark Pottle
  Title: Champion Redoubtable: The Diaries and Letters of Violet Bonham Carter
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1998
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 30-31
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Mark Pottle (ed.), Champion Redoubtable: The Diaries and Letters of Violet Bonham Carter (London, 1998), p. 30-31, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=29118, accessed: 19 April 2024

Additional comments:

On board train.

 

 

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