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Christiana Thompson

 

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William Shakespeare : unknown

' ... [Elizabeth and Alice Thompson] used to go for picnics at Porto Fino, loaded with books of verse, and Mrs Thompson and Mr [Alfred] Strettell would read aloud to them from Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Keats, and Tennyson.'

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: Christiana Thompson      Print: Book

  

William Wordsworth : unknown

' ... [Elizabeth and Alice Thompson] used to go for picnics at Porto Fino, loaded with books of verse, and Mrs Thompson and Mr [Alfred] Strettell would read aloud to them from Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Keats, and Tennyson.'

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: Christiana Thompson      Print: Book

  

John Keats : unknown

' ... [Elizabeth and Alice Thompson] used to go for picnics at Porto Fino, loaded with books of verse, and Mrs Thompson and Mr [Alfred] Strettell would read aloud to them from Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Keats, and Tennyson.'

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: Christiana Thompson      Print: Book

  

Alfred Tennyson : unknown

' ... [Elizabeth and Alice Thompson] used to go for picnics at Porto Fino, loaded with books of verse, and Mrs Thompson and Mr [Alfred] Strettell would read aloud to them from Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Keats, and Tennyson.'

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: Christiana Thompson      Print: Book

 

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