| Evidence: | 'Although Mrs Craigie carried out her "duties" as a Roman Catholic, she took her religion lightly, and from her writings it was easy to read that she did not mind jests about the saints ... She told me that her conversion was entirely due to her reading Rabelais, which at the time I believed literally' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 3 Nov 1867 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | writer |
| Religion: | Catholic |
| Country of origin: | America |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | pen name: John Oliver Hobbes |
| Author: | François Rabelais |
| Title: | [unknown] |
| Genre: | Fiction, Philosophy, satire |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 25147 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Zoe Procter | |
| Editor: | George Baker | |
| Title: | Life and Yesterday | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1960 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 71 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Zoe Procter, George Baker (ed.), Life and Yesterday (London, 1960), p. 71, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=25147, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
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