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Record 14123

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'I enjoy thoroughly ?Les Nouvelles? ? it is most useful to me also ? and ?Gringoire? is good for me ? it tempers my Francophile complex. I have not yet had time to complete ?Le Blois Vert?, in this rush. But I must tell you that my little collection of French books is my most cherished possession.'
Century: 1900-1945
Date: Between 1 Oct 1931 and 31 Oct 1931
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: Birkenhead
   
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:Winifred Agnes Moore
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 23 Feb 1877
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Teacher and Labour Councilor
Religion: Quaker
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: nee Booth

 

Text Being Read:

Author:
Title: [French newspapers]
Genre: news
Form of Text: Print: Newspaper
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: owned
sent by her son from Paris

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 14123  
  Source - Manuscript
  Author: Winifred Agnes Moore [nee Booth]
  Title: MS Letters from Winifred Moore, 1928-1941
  Location: private collection
  Call no: October 1931
  Page/folio: n/a

Citation: Winifred Agnes Moore [nee Booth], MS Letters from Winifred Moore, 1928-1941 private collection, p. October 1931, p. n/a, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=14123, accessed: 19 April 2024

Additional comments:

This material copyright Shirley Gould Smith and Andrew Neill Vanson Moore.

 

 

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