| Evidence: | [L.M. Montgomery] 'read a great deal; she mentions fifty different authors in her journal which covers the years 1910 to 1921. Titles range from Gibbon's "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" to Beatrix Potter's "Peter Rabbit" and Thackeray's "Vanity Fair". She also read many female writers, such as George Eliot, Charlotte Bronte, Edith Wharton and Olive Schreiner'. |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1910 and 1921 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Canada | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Lucy Maud Montgomery |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 30 Nov 1874 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | teacher and writer |
| Religion: | Christian, Protestant |
| Country of origin: | Canada |
| Country of experience: | Canada |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Edward Gibbon |
| Title: | The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire |
| Genre: | History |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 6306 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Gabriella Ahmansson | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | A Life and Its Mirrors. A Feminist Reading of L.M. Montgomery's Fiction | |
| Place of Publication: | Uppsala | |
| Date of Publication: | 1991 | |
| Vol: | 1 | |
| Page: | 27 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Gabriella Ahmansson, A Life and Its Mirrors. A Feminist Reading of L.M. Montgomery's Fiction (Uppsala, 1991), 1, p. 27, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=6306, accessed: 10 December 2023 | |
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