Record Number: 20104
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'From a tattered old volume of Grimm’s Fairy Tales passed around among us, we learned to read, even I, at long last, discovering suddenly what the mystery was all about. I have no recollection of the actual process; I do not know how or why or when or wherefore the light dawned. I only know that when I went to Miss Beck’s Academy I could not read, and that by the end of my first term, without any apparent transition period, I was reading, without too much trouble, anything that came my way.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 14 Dec 1928 and 1 Jan 1930
Country:England
Timemorning
afternoon
other location: School (Miss Beck's Academy)
Type of Experience(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:Female
Date of Birth:14 Dec 1920
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Military (navy)
Artist/Writer (eventually)
Religion:unknown
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:Fairy Tales
Genre:Fiction, History, Children's Lit
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailstattered old volume
Provenanceborrowed (other)
seems to have been a book owned by a school (Miss Beck's Academy)
Source Information:
Record ID:20104
Source:Rosemary Sutcliff
Editor:n/a
Title:Blue Remembered Hills: A Recollection
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1993 [1983]
Vol:n/a
Page:63
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Rosemary Sutcliff, Blue Remembered Hills: A Recollection, (London, 1993 [1983]), p. 63, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=20104, accessed: 25 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Dates of reading are approximate. learning to read with a group of schoolmates
