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Record Number: 8384


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Every day [...] [Charlotte Mew] had to read a fixed number of pages from "Line Upon Line", a book which re-tells the Bible stories [for children]'.

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1870 and 31 Dec 1879

Country:

n/a

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:

Charlotte Mew

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1869

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Line Upon Line

Genre:

Bible, Other religious, Children's Lit

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

8384

Source:

Print

Author:

Penelope Fitzgerald

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Charlotte Mew and Her Friends

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1984

Vol:

n/a

Page:

24

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Penelope Fitzgerald, Charlotte Mew and Her Friends (London, 1984), p. 24, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=8384, accessed: 18 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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