| Evidence: | 'On the day that the bloody battle of Gravellote was fought [August 18, 1870] they [Hardy and Emma] were reading Tennyson in the grounds of the rectory.' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 18 Aug 1870 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | county: Cornwall other location: St Juliot Rectory |
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| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Type of Experience (Listener): |
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| Reading Group: | Thomas Hardy and his wife Emma Gifford |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | n/a |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Reading aloud to each other? |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Alfred Tennyson |
| Title: | [Unknown - Poetry] |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 11164 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | J. O. Bailey | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | The Poetry of Thomas Hardy | |
| Place of Publication: | Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press | |
| Date of Publication: | 1970 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 499 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | J. O. Bailey, The Poetry of Thomas Hardy (Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1970), p. 499, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=11164, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
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