Evidence: | Once or twice some description of physical pain broke through my detachment: the detailed account of the binding of a young girl's feet in a missionary book about China, or the evocation of the agony, like walking on a thousand knives, endured by the mermaid who was given human legs. The story of 'The Little Mermaid' was in fact one which did make me feel and understand. The hopelessness of a relationship between two people born in different elements was somehow an emotion which I could grasp to the point of distress and one which came back to me in adult life with a sense of complete continuity. But this understanding was almost an aberration. |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 01 Jan 1925 and 31 Dec 1937 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Exmouth location in dwelling: at home, or other location: school |
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Reader: | Patricia Beer |
Age | Child (0-17) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 4 Nov 1919 |
Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
Occupation: | daughter of railway clerk |
Religion: | Plymouth Brethren |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
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Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Hans Christian Anderson |
Title: | The Little Mermaid |
Genre: | Fiction, Children's Lit |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 2305 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Patricia Beer | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Mrs Beer's House | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1968 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 102-103 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Patricia Beer, Mrs Beer's House (London, 1968), p. 102-103, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=2305, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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