| Evidence: | 'Whenever she felt morose or lonely she looked into books, and, having an insatiable curiosity, by the time she was three she had taught herself to read. Hans Christian Andersen's "Fairy Tales" became an early favorite. Some of the tales that she read again and again, it must have seemed, mirrored her own life. Aware that she had not inherited her mther's beauty, she was intrigued in particular by "The Ugly Duckling".' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 7 Sep 1887 and 7 Sep 1891 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | county: Derbyshire specific address: Renishaw Hall |
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| Reader: | Edith Sitwell |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 7 Sep 1887 |
| Socio-economic group: | Royalty / aristocracy |
| Occupation: | later writer |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Hans Christian Andersen |
| Title: | Fairy Tales |
| Genre: | Fiction, Children's Lit |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 18171 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | G.A. Cevasco | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | The Sitwells: Edith, Osbert and Sacheverell | |
| Place of Publication: | Boston | |
| Date of Publication: | 1987 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 3 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | G.A. Cevasco, The Sitwells: Edith, Osbert and Sacheverell (Boston, 1987), p. 3, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=18171, accessed: 31 May 2023 | |
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