Record Number: 34135

---

Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'A Thousand Miles up the Nile'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Jul 1891 and 31 Jul 1891

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

Hartest
Suffolk
Stowe Hill

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

---

Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Sarah Good

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Servant

Occupation:

Governess

Religion:

Unknown

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

---

Text Being Read:

Author:

Amelia Edwards

Title:

A Thousand Miles up the Nile

Genre:

History, Geography / Travel

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

---

Source Information:

Record ID:

34135

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Sarah Good

Title:

The Diary of Sarah Good

Location:

Suffolk Record Office, Bury St Edmunds

Call No:

HD1707/1

Page/Folio:

n/a

Additional Information:

A list of books read by Sarah good between 1891 and 1894 (inclusive), written in the front of her diary. The list includes title, author, and in many cases, dates and remarks.

Citation:

Sarah Good, The Diary of Sarah Good, Suffolk Record Office, Bury St Edmunds, HD1707/1, n/a, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=34135, accessed: 19 April 2024

---

Additional Comments:

The date written in the 'remarks' column could read July 12th or July 2nd so I have noted the whole of July 1891 as the date range in which the book was read.