Record Number: 32012

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I never saw our good children looking better, or in higher spirits. I contrived to give Vicky a little lesson, by making her read in her English history.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

20 Aug 1846

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Dartmouth
other location: on board Victoria and Albert Yacht

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:

Princess Victoria

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

21 Nov 1840

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

princess

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

unknown

Title:

unknown

Genre:

History

Form of Text:

Print: Book, Poster

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

32012

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:

280

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. 280, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32012, accessed: 06 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None