| Evidence: | ?The little Frys found the hours very long when they sat in the large, rather austere drawing-room, trying not to fidget, while their mother read aloud to them long chapters from the Bible or from books of instruction.? |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Essex other location: drawing room |
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| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Reader: | Elizabeth Fry |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 21 May 1780 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | English prison reformer, social reformer and philantropist |
| Religion: | Quaker |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Elizabeth Fry's children |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | |
| Title: | Bible |
| Genre: | Bible |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 4243 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Jacobine Menzies-Wilson Helen Lloyd | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Amelia: the tale of a plain friend | |
| Place of Publication: | London: Open University Press | |
| Date of Publication: | 1937 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 194 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Jacobine Menzies-Wilson Helen Lloyd, Amelia: the tale of a plain friend (London: Open University Press, 1937), p. 194, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=4243, accessed: 26 April 2024 | |
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