Record Number: 2732

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'[Rose Macaulay] relished such island shipwreck stories as Swiss Family Robinson'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1887 and 31 Dec 1894

Country:

Italy

Time

n/a

Place:

city: village of Varazze

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:

Rose Macaulay

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1881

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

later a writer

Religion:

Anglican

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Italy

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Johann David Wyss

Title:

Swiss Family Robinson

Genre:

Fiction, Children's Lit

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

2732

Source:

Print

Author:

Alice Crawford

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Paradise Pursued: The Novels of Rose Macaulay

Place of Publication:

Madison

Date of Publication:

1995

Vol:

n/a

Page:

160

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Alice Crawford, Paradise Pursued: The Novels of Rose Macaulay, (Madison, 1995), p. 160, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=2732, accessed: 19 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

See Rose Macaulay, 'Losing One's Books', in the Spectator, 7 Nov. 1941, p.444