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Record Number: 4847


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

While in service Hannah Mitchell read books borrowed from subscription library; "This reading was supplemented by books read at a well-stocked bookstall which she passed on the way to work."

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

unknown

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city

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:

Hannah Mitchell

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Servant

Occupation:

Servant

Religion:

n/a

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:

library books

Genre:

Unknown

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

Subscription Library


Source Information:

Record ID:

4847

Source:

Print

Author:

Kate Flint

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The Woman Reader: 1837-1914

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1993

Vol:

n/a

Page:

233

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Kate Flint, The Woman Reader: 1837-1914 (Oxford, 1993), p. 233, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=4847, accessed: 16 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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