| Evidence: | 'One would be called upon to read aloud, say, Wordsworth's "Excursion" with her - Wordsworth was her religion - but one was never able to read more than two or three consecutive lines without stopping to discuss exactly what the words meant; or, alternatively, for her to give messages to Janet.' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899, 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Gomshall county: Surrey specific address: Burrow's Hill |
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| Reader: | Gwen Raverat |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 1887 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | don's daughter |
| Religion: | unknown |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Aunt Etty |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | William Wordsworth |
| Title: | Excursion, The |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 6112 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Gwen Raverat | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Period Piece | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1952 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 132 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Gwen Raverat, Period Piece (London, 1952), p. 132, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=6112, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
| Aunt Etty (listener) regularly reacted to the readings |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 27th Apr 2016 3:15pm (GMT)