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Record Number: 20858


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'At home there were daily Bible-readings in the family circle for many years, but secular reading aloud happily also found a place. Lucy was "A good reader" and gave them Scott and Thackeray and Tom Moore as well as Shakespeare; Edward read Pickwick.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

From: 26 Jun 1873

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Fockbury
county: Worcestershire

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:

Reading Group:

Housman family

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Unknown

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

n/a

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:

[n/a]

Title:

Bible

Genre:

Bible

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

20858

Source:

Print

Author:

Norman Page

Editor:

n/a

Title:

A.E. Housman. A Critical Biography

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke

Date of Publication:

1996

Vol:

n/a

Page:

26-7

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Norman Page, A.E. Housman. A Critical Biography (Basingstoke, 1996), p. 26-7, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=20858, accessed: 19 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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