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Record Number: 21407


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

[Following Hallam Tennyson's description of his mother's attendance of her younger sister as bridesmaid in May 1836] 'My uncle Arthur says: "It was then I first saw your mother, and she read to me Milton's 'Comus,' which I had not known before and which I have loved ever since."'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 May 1836 and 31 Dec 1836

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

Emily Sellwood

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1813

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

England

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

Arthur Tennyson


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

John Milton

Title:

Comus

Genre:

Drama, Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

21407

Source:

Print

Author:

Hallam Tennyson

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir by His Son

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1897

Vol:

1

Page:

148

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Hallam Tennyson, Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir by His Son (London, 1897), 1, p. 148, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=21407, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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