Record Number: 31274
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'"An Ex Mill Girl," [Ethel Carnie] who wrote the novel, "Helen of Four Gates," telling an English interviewer of the twenty years she spent in a cotton factory in the North of England, said that she read incessantly in the evening, and during the day while at work had the greatest difficulty keeping "the day me" separate from "the night me." Her thoughts would wander to her books, she would forget about her work, and she would come to herself with a start "to find the bobbins too full, one rubbing against the other, so that it would take hours to right them again."'
Century:1850-1899, 1900-1945
Date:Between 1897 and 1911
Country:England
Timeevening
Place:city: Great Harwood
county: Lancashire
(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:1 Jan 1886
Socio-Economic Group:Labourer (non-agricultural)
Occupation:Cotton weaver and Author
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:unknown
Genre:Unknown
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:31274
Source:n/a
Editor:n/a
Title:New York Times
Place of Publication:n/a
Date of Publication:16 September 1917
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Page:n/a
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
New York Times, (16 September 1917), http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=31274, accessed: 09 November 2024
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