Record Number: 10257

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Once he gave out to Laura's class two verses of "The Ancient Mariner", reading them through first, then dictating them very slowly'.

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

unknown

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Juniper Hill
county: Oxfordshire

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Listener:

Flora Thompson

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

5 Dec 1876

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

daughter of stonemason

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Title:

The Ancient Mariner

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

10257

Source:

Print

Author:

Flora Thompson

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Lark Rise to Candleford

Place of Publication:

England

Date of Publication:

1945

Vol:

n/a

Page:

185

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Flora Thompson, Lark Rise to Candleford, (England, 1945), p. 185, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=10257, accessed: 12 October 2024

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Additional Comments:

Text read out loud by a school inspector.