Evidence: | One afternoon, very near the end, she begged to have "Crossing the Bar" read; and while the reader, painfully keeping her voice steady, repeated the last lines, the listener fell suddenly into a calm sleep." |
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Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between May 1897 and 25 Jun 1897 | ||||||||||
Country: | n/a | ||||||||||
Time: | daytime: afternoon | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Annie Coghill |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | n/a |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | n/a |
Country of experience: | n/a |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Margaret Oliphant |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | |
Title: | Crossing the Bar |
Genre: | Poetry |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 580 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Margaret Oliphant | |
Editor: | Annie Coghill | |
Title: | The Life and Letters of Mrs M.O.W. Oliphant | |
Place of Publication: | Leicester | |
Date of Publication: | 1974 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 439 | |
Additional comments: | Editorial commentary by Mrs Harry Coghill, Mrs Oliphant's cousin |
Citation: | Margaret Oliphant, Annie Coghill (ed.), The Life and Letters of Mrs M.O.W. Oliphant (Leicester, 1974), p. 439, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=580, accessed: 26 April 2024 |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 27th Apr 2016 3:15pm (GMT)