| Evidence: | 'Next to Robinson Crusoe, Rider liked the Arabian Nights, The Three Musketeers and the poems of Edgar Allan Poe and Macaulay. His two favourite novels were Charles Dickens' Tale of Two Cities and The Coming Race, a fantasy novel by Bulwer Lytton (the uncle of Sir Henry Bulwer, a Norfolk neighbour and friend of Squire Haggard who was to play a decisive part in Rider's life).' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | daytime: On a Sunday | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Bradenham county: Norfolk location in dwelling: under a bed |
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| Reader: | Henry Rider Haggard |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 22 Jun 1856 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | later barrister and writer |
| 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 |
| Author: | Edward George Earl Bulwer Lytton |
| Title: | The Coming Race |
| Genre: | Fiction, fantasy |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 4330 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Peter Berresford Ellis | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | H. Rider Haggard. A Voice from the Infinite | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1978 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 24 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Peter Berresford Ellis, H. Rider Haggard. A Voice from the Infinite (London, 1978), p. 24, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=4330, accessed: 21 March 2023 | |
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