| Evidence: | [Sitwell said] 'I used to read "The Rape of the Lock" at night under the bedclothes by the light of a candle. It's a wonder I didn't set myself on fire. I had memorized it by the time I was twelve' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Until: 7 Sep 1899 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | night | ||||||||||
| Place: | county: Derbyshire specific address: Renishaw Hall location in dwelling: in bed |
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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: | Alexander Pope |
| Title: | Rape of the Lock, The |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 18173 | |
| 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: | 6 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | G.A. Cevasco, The Sitwells: Edith, Osbert and Sacheverell (Boston, 1987), p. 6, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=18173, accessed: 26 April 2024 | |
| This anecdote comes originally from Elizabeth Salter, 'The Last Years of a Rebel: A Memoir of Edith Sitwell' and is not necessarily true - other critics suggest she read it only after her younger brothers went to Eton, when she would have been 17 or so. |
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