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Record 8400

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'In 1889 [...] [Charlotte Mew] had been reading [Richard] Jeffries' "Field and Hedgerow", his last essays, a book published after his death [which supplied the epigram for Mew's story "The Minnow Fishers"].'
Century: 1850-1899
Date: Between 1 Jan 1889 and 31 Dec 1889
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: n/a
   
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:Charlotte Mew
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 1869
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: n/a
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: n/a
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Richard Jeffries
Title: Field and Hedgerow
Genre: Essays / Criticism, Philosophy, Natural history
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 8400  
Source - Print  
  Author: Penelope Fitzgerald
  Editor: n/a
  Title: Charlotte Mew and Her Friends
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1984
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 53
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Penelope Fitzgerald, Charlotte Mew and Her Friends (London, 1984), p. 53, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=8400, accessed: 25 April 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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