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Record Number: 3751


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'[Marie] Corelli's rendering of the Resurrection in Barabbas [1893] was read from the pulpit on Easter Sunday at Westminster Abbey by the Dean.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

unknown

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London
specific address: Westminster Abbey

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:

Dean of Westminster Abbey

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

Dean of Westminster Abbey

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

unknown

Country of Experience:

England

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

Church congregation


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Marie Corelli

Title:

Barabbas

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

3751

Source:

Print

Author:

Philip Waller

Editor:

n/a

Title:

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

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

2006

Vol:

n/a

Page:

779

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Waller, Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918 (Oxford, 2006), p. 779, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=3751, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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