Record Number: 2713

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'On 12 May [1890 Grace Macaulay] recalls that she "read part of Mill on Floss to children in aft, to their delight".'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

12 May 1890

Country:

Italy

Time

afternoon
daytime

Place:

city: village of Varazze

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:

Grace Macaulay

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1855

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

wife of academic

Religion:

Anglican

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Italy

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

her children

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

George Eliot

Title:

The Mill on the Floss

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

2713

Source:

Print

Author:

Alice Crawford

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Paradise Pursued: The Novels of Rose Macaulay

Place of Publication:

Madison

Date of Publication:

1995

Vol:

n/a

Page:

159

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Alice Crawford, Paradise Pursued: The Novels of Rose Macaulay (Madison, 1995), p. 159, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=2713, accessed: 30 March 2023

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Additional Comments:

None