| Evidence: | Of course the book I read most consistently throughout these years was the Bible, but its influence on me, though obviously great, was not directly literary. I never thought of it as a book at all: as far as I was concerned, it might well have been called 'The Bible Designed NOT to be Read as Literature'. |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 01 Jan 1925 and 31 Dec 1937 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Exmouth | ||||||||||
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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) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | |
| Title: | The Bible |
| Genre: | Bible |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 2307 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Patricia Beer | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Mrs Beer's House | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1968 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 103 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Patricia Beer, Mrs Beer's House (London, 1968), p. 103, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=2307, accessed: 20 April 2024 | |
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