| Evidence: | 'one of the red-letter days of my life was a birthday when I received from my father "Through the Looking Glass". I...buried myself in it all afternoon, my pleasure enhanced by the knowledge that there was a boring vistor downstairs to whom I ought to be making myself agreeable!' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Oct 1871 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | afternoon | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London specific address: 1 Canonbury Park North upstairs in children's playroom |
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| Reader: | Mary Vivian (Molly) Hughes |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 2 Oct 1866 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | n/a |
| Religion: | Anglican |
| 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: | Lewis Carroll |
| Title: | Through the Looking Glass |
| Genre: | Fiction, Children's Lit |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | Probably first edition, 1871 |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 425 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | M. V. Hughes | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | A London Family 1870-1900 | |
| Place of Publication: | London, New York, Toronto | |
| Date of Publication: | 1946 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 51 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | M. V. Hughes, A London Family 1870-1900 (London, New York, Toronto, 1946), p. 51, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=425, accessed: 01 June 2023 | |
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