| Evidence: | "When ... [Mrs Humphrey Ward] read aloud from Canadian Born (1910) to the assembled guests at Lord Stanley's part at Alderley Park, the verdict was that 'it was terribly boring' [as Venetia Stanley wrote to Violet Asquith, 12 October 1910]." |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 1910 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | specific address: Alderley Park | ||||||||||
| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Reader: | Mrs Humphrey Ward |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | n/a |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Venetia Stanley |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Mrs Humphrey Ward |
| Title: | Canadian Born |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 3582 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Philip Waller | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918 | |
| Place of Publication: | n/a | |
| Date of Publication: | n/a | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 587 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Philip Waller, Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918 p. 587, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=3582, accessed: 25 April 2024 | |
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