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Record 30761

Reading Experience:

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.'
Century: 1850-1899
Date: 27 Jun 1878
Country: England
Time: afternoon
evening
daytime
Place: city: Redcar
county: N.Yorks
specific address: Red Barns
other location: garden
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

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

 

Text Being Read:

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

 

Source Information:

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

Additional comments:

 

 

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