Record Number: 22649

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

From Emily Tennyson's Journal, 1870: 'Nov. 8th. [...] A. read me Pepys' Diary [...] We read about starlings in Morris; I did not know (what A. had put into his Idyll ["The Last Tournament"] by his own observation) that the starlings in June, after they have brought up their young ones, congregate in flocks in a reedy place for the sake of sociability.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

8 Nov 1870

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:

Alfred Tennyson

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

6 Aug 1809

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

Emily Tennyson

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Samuel Pepys

Title:

Diary

Genre:

Autobiog / Diary

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

22649

Source:

Print

Author:

Hallam Tennyson

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir by His Son

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1897

Vol:

2

Page:

100

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Hallam Tennyson, Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir by His Son, (London, 1897), 2, p. 100, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=22649, accessed: 19 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None