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Record 6115

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'Lovely books she read to us...:"The Wide Wide World", with all the religion and deaths from consumption left out, and all the farm life and good country food left in; "Masterman Ready", with that ass Mr Seagrave mitigated, and dear old Ready not killed by the savages; "Settlers at Home", with the baby not allowed to die; "The Little Duke" with horrid little Carloman spared to grow more virtuous still; "The Children of the New Forest"; "The Runaway"; "The Princess and the Goblin", and many more'.
Century: 1850-1899
Date: unknown
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: county: Kent
specific address: Down House
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader:Henrietta Litchfield
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 1843
Socio-economic group: Gentry
Occupation: unknown
Religion: unknown
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
Darwin children inc. Gwen (later Raverat)
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Frederick Marryat
Title: Masterman Ready
Genre: Fiction
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 6115  
Source - Print  
  Author: Gwen Raverat
  Editor: n/a
  Title: Period Piece
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1952
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 146
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Gwen Raverat, Period Piece (London, 1952), p. 146, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=6115, accessed: 28 March 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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