Record Number: 32003

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'It poured the whole afternoon, and, after writing, I read to Albert the three first cantos of The Lay of the Last Minstrel, which delighted us both.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

11 Sep 1842

Country:

Scotland

Time

afternoon

Place:

specific address: Drummond Castle

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Queen Victoria

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

24 May 1819

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

Queen

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Scotland

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

husband, Albert

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Sir Walter Scott

Title:

The Lay of the Last Minstrel

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

32003

Source:

Print

Author:

Queen Victoria

Editor:

Arthur Helps

Title:

Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands, from 1848-1861. To Which are Prefixed and Added, Extracts from the Same Journal, Giving an Account of Earlier Visits to Scotland, and Tours in England and Ireland, and Yachting Excursions

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1868

Vol:

n/a

Page:

33

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Queen Victoria, Arthur Helps (ed.), Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands, from 1848-1861. To Which are Prefixed and Added, Extracts from the Same Journal, Giving an Account of Earlier Visits to Scotland, and Tours in England and Ireland, and Yachting Excursions, (London, 1868), p. 33, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32003, accessed: 28 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None