| Evidence: | 'When Millais left, my parents read together Souvestre's account of the Bretons. The fact that their most popular national songs are religious and that, when the cholera was among them, they would not listen to the doctors until they put their advice in song, set to national airs, struck my father.' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 22 Nov 1854 and 31 Dec 1854 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | county: Isle of Wight specific address: Farringford House |
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| Reading Group: | Alfred and Emily Tennyson |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Unknown |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer and wife |
| 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: | Souvestre |
| Title: | 'account of the Bretons' |
| Genre: | Geography / Travel |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 21477 | |
| 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: | 381 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Hallam Tennyson, Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir by His Son (London, 1897), 1, p. 381, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=21477, accessed: 26 April 2024 | |
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