Record Number: 11283

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'My dear boys, when I was your age, there were no such children's books as ther are now...Now, among those very stupid old-fashioned boy's books was one which taught me [to use my eyes]...It's name was Evenings at Home, and in it was a story called "Eyes and no Eyes", a regular old-fashioned, prim, sententious story.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

unknown

Country:

n/a

Time

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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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Charles Kingsley

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Later, Anglican clergyman and author.

Religion:

Anglican

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

John Aikin

Title:

Evenings at home

Genre:

Children's Lit, Conduct books

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

11283

Source:

Print

Author:

Charles Kingsley

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Madam How and Lady Why

Place of Publication:

n/a

Date of Publication:

1870

Vol:

n/a

Page:

preface

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Charles Kingsley, Madam How and Lady Why, (1870), p. preface, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=11283, accessed: 03 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None