Record Number: 34541
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Lottie's kind of reading, though I could manage it, was not mine; it was usually fiction conducive of the domestic virtues. At the club, my father discovered a number of volumes which to me were very heaven. The author was Jules Verne. I was quite convinced that he told the truth, and in The Mysterious Island (with an organ on a submarine) I lived in perfect joy and felicity. [...] He eclipsed Marryat and Ballantyne and Kingston for me; and Henty never fully caught my attention.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:1904
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Yalding
county: Kent
specific address: Boy's School House
(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:Child (0-17)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:1 Jan 1898
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Student
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:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[unknown]
Genre:Fiction, Children's Lit
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:34541
Source:n/a
Editor:Simon Nowell-Smith
Title:Edwardian England, 1901-1914
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1964
Vol:n/a
Page:561
Additional Comments:
Specific chapter: Edmund Blunden, 'A Country Childhood', pp. 545-74.
Citation:
Simon Nowell-Smith (ed.), Edwardian England, 1901-1914, (Oxford, 1964), p. 561, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=34541, accessed: 30 April 2025
Additional Comments:
None