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Record 3634

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
' ... at Stanway in 1916 for her sister's twenty-first birthday, Lady Cynthia [Asquith] entertained family and guests after dinner by [mockingly] reading from The Rosary [by Florence L. Barclay] ...'
Century: 1900-1945
Date: Oct 1916
Country: England
Time: evening
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:Lady Cynthia Asquith
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation: aristocrat
Religion: unknown
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
Guests
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Florence L. Barclay
Title: The Rosary
Genre: Fiction
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: First published 1909
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 3634  
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: 720
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Philip Waller, Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918 p. 720, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=3634, accessed: 19 April 2024

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