Evidence: | ' ... as late as the 1890s, Harriet Shaw Weaver's mother was shocked when she came upon her adolescent daughter reading "Adam Bede" ... the local vicar was asked to call in order to explain the book's unsuitability.' |
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Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1890 and 31 Dec 1899 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Harriet Shaw Weaver |
Age | Child (0-17) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 1 Sep 1876 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Editor and Social Activist |
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: | George Eliot |
Title: | Adam Bede |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 4713 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Kate Flint | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | The Woman Reader 1837-1914 | |
Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
Date of Publication: | 1993 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 212 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Kate Flint, The Woman Reader 1837-1914 (Oxford, 1993), p. 212, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=4713, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
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