Record Number: 6625
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I am reading a sweet book, "The Farthing Spinster", by Catherine Dodd. Some of the passages about gardens are beautiful. Here are some of the most lovely [...] from the diary of an early 18C lady. I wish my diary could be as beautiful as that. Another of her gardens was of "sweet scents" [...]. "A houseful of books and a garden full of flowers" would be enchanting. In the same book is a delicious description of syllabub, a sweet then in fashion; [...] I love food. I wonder if it is greed or just because I love to see things served well and carefully with their proper etceteras. I think books, food, lovely pictures, good plays and nice clothes are the most interesting things in my life! I suppose the book has made me think of these things.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 14 Jan 1943 and 15 Jan 1943
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:specific address: Casterton School, Kirkby Lonsdale
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Child (0-17)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:4 Sep 1927
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:daughter of manufacturer; later schoolmistress and head of English
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
Mrs Hilary Adams after marriage
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Farthing Spinster, The
Genre:Autobiog / Diary
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1926
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:6625
Source:Manuscript
Author:Hilary Spalding
Title:MS Diary 1943
Location:private collection of Mrs Hilary Adams
Call No:n/a
Page/Folio:n/a
Citation:Hilary Spalding, MS Diary 1943 private collection of Mrs Hilary Adams, p. n/a, p. n/a, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=6625, accessed: 19 April 2024
Additional Comments:
None