Record Number: 32004
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'At two o'clock we passed the famed St. Abb's Head, which we had so longed to see on our first voyage to Scotland. I read a few stanzas out of Marmion, giving an account of the voyage of the nuns to Holy Island, and saw the ruins of the convent on it; then Bamborough Castle, and a little further on the Ferne Islands.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:15 Sep 1842
Country:Scotland
Timeafternoon
Place:other location: on board steamer, North Sea
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: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
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Marmion
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:32004
Source: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:41
Additional Comments:
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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. 41, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32004, accessed: 29 April 2024
Additional Comments:
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