| Evidence: | [Following Hallam Tennyson's description of his mother's attendance of her younger sister as bridesmaid in May 1836]
'My uncle Arthur says: "It was then I first saw your mother, and she read to me Milton's 'Comus,' which I had not known before and which I have loved ever since."' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 May 1836 and 31 Dec 1836 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Emily Sellwood |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 1813 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | n/a |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | n/a |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Arthur Tennyson |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | John Milton |
| Title: | Comus |
| Genre: | Drama, Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 21407 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Hallam Tennyson | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir by His Son | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1897 | |
| Vol: | 1 | |
| Page: | 148 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Hallam Tennyson, Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir by His Son (London, 1897), 1, p. 148, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=21407, accessed: 23 April 2024 | |
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