Record Number: 11255
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'My mother then received from her earlier home certain volumes, among which was a gaudy gift-book of some kind, containing a few steel engravings of statues. These attracted me violently, and here for the first time I gazed upon Apollo with his proud gesture, Venus in her undulations, the kirtled shape of Diana, and Jupiter voluminously bearded...In private I returned to examine my steel engravings of the statues, and I reflected that they were too beautiful to be so wicked as my Father thought they were."
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Jan 1862 and 31 Dec 1862
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:county: Devon
location in dwelling: family home , Devon
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: 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
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[volume of engravings]
Genre:Arts / architecture, Miscellany / Anthology
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:11255
Source:Edmund Gosse
Editor:n/a
Title:Father and Son: a study of two temperments
Place of Publication:Keele: Ryburn Publishing
Date of Publication:1994
Vol:n/a
Page:171
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Edmund Gosse, Father and Son: a study of two temperments, (Keele: Ryburn Publishing, 1994), p. 171, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=11255, accessed: 13 November 2024
Additional Comments:
None