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Record 3591

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'During her visit [to America] in 1905-6 May Sinclair was reduced to tears when she saw one article, based on a conversation over tea, which she felt included too intimate personal details ...'
Century: 1900-1945
Date: Between 1 Jan 1905 and 31 Dec 1906
Country: USA
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

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader:May Sinclair
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Writer
Religion: unknown
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: USA
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: unknown
Title: article
Genre: Biography, Reference / General works
Form of Text: Print: Newspaper, Serial / periodical
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 3591  
Source - Print  
  Author: Philip Waller
  Editor: n/a
  Title: Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918
  Place of Publication: n/a
  Date of Publication: n/a
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 589
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Philip Waller, Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918 p. 589, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=3591, accessed: 25 April 2024

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