Record Number: 32008
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'A misty, rainy morning. Had not slept very soundly. We got up rather early, and sat working and reading in the drawing-room till the breakfast was ready, for which we had to wait some little time. Good tea and bread and butter, and some excellent porridge.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:5 Sep 1860
Country:Scotland
Timemorning: before breakfast
Place:n/a
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:unknown
Genre:Unknown
Form of Text:Print: Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:32008
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:197
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. 197, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32008, accessed: 06 May 2024
Additional Comments:
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