Record Number: 9607
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'My beloved hour of the day was when the [table] cloth was drawn, and I stole away from the dessert, and read Shakspere by firelight in winter in the drawing-room. My mother was kind enough to allow this breach of good family manners; and again at a subsequent time when I took to newspaper reading very heartily [...] Our newspaper was the Globe'.
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jan 1816 and 31 Dec 1816
Country:England
Timeevening
Place:city: Norwich
location in dwelling: Drawing room
(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:12 Jun 1802
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Child; later writer
Religion:Unitarian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:unknown
Genre:Drama, Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:9607
Source:Harriet Martineau
Editor:n/a
Title:Harriet Martineau's Autobiography
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1877
Vol:1
Page:70
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Harriet Martineau, Harriet Martineau's Autobiography, (London, 1877), 1, p. 70, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=9607, accessed: 28 March 2024
Additional Comments:
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