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Record Number: 22703


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'A Mother was making her Little Son read Nelson's Feasts and Fasts - this says he is a very good book to be sure Mama, all about our Saviourand the Apostles - but surely it is [italics] monstrous dull fun [end italics] '

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Until: 30 Sep 1777

Country:

n/a

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:

anon

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

a boy



Text Being Read:

Author:

Robert Nelson

Title:

Companion for the festivals and fasts of the Church of England: With collects and prayers for each solemnity , A

Genre:

Drama

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (other)
his mother's


Source Information:

Record ID:

22703

Source:

Print

Author:

Hester Lynch Thrale

Editor:

Katharine C. Balderston

Title:

Thraliana

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1951

Vol:

I

Page:

147

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Hester Lynch Thrale, Katharine C. Balderston (ed.), Thraliana (Oxford, 1951), I, p. 147, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=22703, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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