| Evidence: | 'Morning it was so hot went into the garden and read. Afternoon Miss Klug began the most beautiful book called "Helen's babies" after lessons she read again tea in the garden so hot took off over shoes and stokings [sic] afterwards Miss Klug read till it was time for Maurice to go to bed.' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 27 Jun 1878 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | afternoon evening daytime |
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| Place: | city: Redcar county: N.Yorks specific address: Red Barns other location: garden |
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| Listener: | Gertrude Bell |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 16 Jul 1868 |
| Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
| Occupation: | child |
| Religion: | Christian (Anglican) later declared herself atheist |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | John Habberton |
| Title: | Helen's Babies |
| Genre: | Fiction, Children's Lit |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | first published 1876 Loring Publisher, Boston |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 30761 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | Other |
| Author: | on-line archive of letters and diaries at www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk, |
| Citation: | on-line archive of letters and diaries at www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=30761, accessed: 24 May 2013 |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 19th Jun 2009 11:47am (GMT)