Record Number: 14047

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

"Laetus cost me 2s. 6d. My wife bet me 2s. 6d. I couldn't read it aloud without crying. I thought I could. But after a page or two - I put my hand in my pocket. I said there! take your half-crown and let me cry comfortably when I want to!"

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

unknown

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Revd. Going

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

clergyman

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing

Title:

Laetus Sorte Mea or The Story of a Short Life

Genre:

Fiction, Children's Lit

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1885, Society For Promoting Christian Knowledge

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

14047

Source:

Print

Author:

Christabel Maxwell

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Mrs Gatty and Mrs Ewing

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1949

Vol:

n/a

Page:

187

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Christabel Maxwell, Mrs Gatty and Mrs Ewing, (London, 1949), p. 187, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=14047, accessed: 03 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

This information comes from a secondary source; Maxwell's 'Mrs Gatty and Mrs Ewing'