| Evidence: | '...the inside of the lid of it was lined with sheets of what I now know to have been a sensational novel. It was of course a fragment, but I read it, kneeling on the bare floor, with indescribable rapture.' [and more for a paragraph..] |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1855 and 31 Dec 1855 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London, Islington location in dwelling: Garret of family home |
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| Reader: | Edmund Gosse |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1849 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Son of zoological writer |
| Religion: | Plymouth Brethren |
| 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: | [unknown] |
| Title: | [sensational novel] |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | Found |
| Record ID: | 9995 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Edmund Gosse | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Father and Son | |
| Place of Publication: | Keele: Ryburn Publishing | |
| Date of Publication: | 1994 (1907) | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 51 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Edmund Gosse, Father and Son (Keele: Ryburn Publishing, 1994 (1907)), p. 51, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=9995, accessed: 08 June 2023 | |
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