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Record Number: 2307


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Of course the book I read most consistently throughout these years was the Bible, but its influence on me, though obviously great, was not directly literary. I never thought of it as a book at all: as far as I was concerned, it might well have been called 'The Bible Designed NOT to be Read as Literature'.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 01 Jan 1925 and 31 Dec 1937

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Exmouth

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:

Patricia Beer

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

4 Nov 1919

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

daughter of railway clerk

Religion:

Plymouth Brethren

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:

Title:

The Bible

Genre:

Bible

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

2307

Source:

Print

Author:

Patricia Beer

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Mrs Beer's House

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1968

Vol:

n/a

Page:

103

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Patricia Beer, Mrs Beer's House (London, 1968), p. 103, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=2307, accessed: 02 May 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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