Record Number: 32255

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'My favourite books were historical novels, and of these my grandfather's works took first place. Of all his works 'Harold' was my favourite'.

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

unknown

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

Emily Lytton

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

n/a

Date of Birth:

26 Dec 1874

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

Anglican

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:

Edward Bulwer Lytton

Title:

Harold

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

32255

Source:

Print

Author:

Emily, Lady Lutyens

Editor:

n/a

Title:

A Blessed Girl: Memoirs of a Victorian Girlhood

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1953

Vol:

n/a

Page:

11

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Emily, Lady Lutyens, A Blessed Girl: Memoirs of a Victorian Girlhood, (London, 1953), p. 11, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32255, accessed: 02 June 2024

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Additional Comments:

Later wife of the architect Edwin Lutyens.