Record Number: 11164

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'On the day that the bloody battle of Gravellote was fought [August 18, 1870] they [Hardy and Emma] were reading Tennyson in the grounds of the rectory.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

18 Aug 1870

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

county: Cornwall
other location: St Juliot Rectory

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reading Group:

Thomas Hardy and his wife Emma Gifford

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

Reading aloud to each other?

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Alfred Tennyson

Title:

[Unknown - Poetry]

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

11164

Source:

Print

Author:

J. O. Bailey

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The Poetry of Thomas Hardy

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press

Date of Publication:

1970

Vol:

n/a

Page:

499

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

J. O. Bailey, The Poetry of Thomas Hardy, (Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1970), p. 499, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=11164, accessed: 15 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None