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Record Number: 3633


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Charles Garvice in interview with T.P.'s Weekly, 5 May 1911 (p.556): 'I once found my daughter reading a book. I asked her what it was. "Oh," she replied, "It's Maggie" ... I took it up ... and to my horror I discovered it was the story of a New York courtesan ...'

Century:

Date:

unknown

Country:

unknown

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:

Charles Garvice

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

unknown

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Stephen Crane

Title:

Maggie: A Girl of the Streets

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

First published 1892

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

3633

Source:

Print

Author:

Philip Waller

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918

Place of Publication:

n/a

Date of Publication:

n/a

Vol:

n/a

Page:

690

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Waller, Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918 p. 690, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=3633, accessed: 20 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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