Record Number: 32233

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I am going on with my reading of Shakespeare's historical plays, and yesterday I came on the murder of Humphrey, Duke of Gloster, and the death of Beaufort; and Tennyson's 'bland and mild' Shakespeare grated between my teeth — one, who could so measure such a genius has no wings to soar into the higher realms of poetry; he must content himself with such things as 'Locksley Hall'.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Until: 8 Jan 1869

Country:

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Time

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Place:

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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:

Fanny Allen

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

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Socio-Economic Group:

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Occupation:

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Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

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Country of Experience:

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

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Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

William Shakespeare

Title:

2 Henry VI

Genre:

Drama

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

32233

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Henrietta Litchfield

Title:

Emma Darwin: A Century of Family Letters, 1792-1896

Place of Publication:

New York

Date of Publication:

1915

Vol:

2

Page:

194

Additional Comments:

Letter from Fanny Allen to her great-niece Henrietta Darwin. 8. January 1869

Citation:

Henrietta Litchfield (ed.), Emma Darwin: A Century of Family Letters, 1792-1896, (New York, 1915), 2, p. 194, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32233, accessed: 24 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None