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Record Number: 11401


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I had not heard of "Wind in the Willows" until I read it during the summer holiday of my seventeenth year!'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jun 1931 and 30 Sep 1931

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Millom

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:

Norman Nicholson

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

8 Jan 1914

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

son of tailor

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Kenneth Grahame

Title:

The Wind in the Willows

Genre:

Fiction, Children's Lit

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (other)


Source Information:

Record ID:

11401

Source:

Print

Author:

Norman Nicholson

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Wednesday Early Closing

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1975

Vol:

n/a

Page:

179

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Norman Nicholson, Wednesday Early Closing (London, 1975), p. 179, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=11401, accessed: 18 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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