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Record 24459

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'[Having asked Lord Rosebery for a Preface to her "England's Effort"] Knowing that he was never strong, she fully expected a refusal, but found instead that he had already done what she asked, being deeply moved by the proofs that she had sent him'.
Century: 1900-1945
Date: Until: 31 Dec 1911
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: n/a
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader:Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 7 May 1847
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: politician
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

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Mary Augusta Ward
Title: England's Effort
Genre: Social Science, World War I reportage
Form of Text: Print: proofs
Publication details: published 1916
Provenance: borrowed (other)
sent by Mrs Ward

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 24459  
Source - Print  
  Author: Janet Penrose Trevelyan
  Editor: n/a
  Title: The Life of Mrs Humphry Ward
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1923
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 280
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Janet Penrose Trevelyan, The Life of Mrs Humphry Ward (London, 1923), p. 280, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=24459, accessed: 26 April 2024

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