Record Number: 22997

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

From Tennyson's notes on Demeter and Other Poems: 'A lady tells me that when she read "The Northern Cobbler" at a village entertainment, the drunkard of the village, on her coming to the line, 'An' I loook'd [sic] cock-eyed at my noase an' i sead 'im a-gittin o'fire, 'left the room, saying, "Women knoaws too much now-a-daay."'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

unknown

Country:

n/a

Time

n/a

Place:

city: village

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

anon

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

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:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Alfred Tennyson

Title:

The Northern Cobbler

Genre:

Fiction, Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

22997

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:

2

Page:

364

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Hallam Tennyson, Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir by His Son (London, 1897), 2, p. 364, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=22997, accessed: 26 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None