| Evidence: | 'At home there were daily Bible-readings in the family circle for many years, but secular reading aloud happily also found a place. Lucy was "A good reader" and gave them Scott and Thackeray and Tom Moore as well as Shakespeare; Edward read Pickwick.' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | From: 26 Jun 1873 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Fockbury county: Worcestershire |
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| Reader: | Lucy Housman |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 1823 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | solicitor's wife |
| Religion: | Christian |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
her husband Edward Housman and his children, including AE Housman |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | William Makepeace Thackeray |
| Title: | [unknown] |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 20854 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Norman Page | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | A.E. Housman. A Critical Biography | |
| Place of Publication: | Basingstoke | |
| Date of Publication: | 1996 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 26-7 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Norman Page, A.E. Housman. A Critical Biography (Basingstoke, 1996), p. 26-7, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=20854, accessed: 08 June 2023 | |
| This was AE Housman's stepmother, whom his father married in 1873, aged about 50 - so year of birth a guess. |
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