Record Number: 10284
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Once Laura had the honour of choosing two passages for the father of one of her friends, who had been invited to read and could not, as he said, think of anything likely, not if his life depended upon it. She chose the scene from "The Heart of Midlothian" in which Jeanie Deans is granted an audience by Queen Caroline and the chapter about the Battle of Waterloo from "Vanity Fair"'.
Century:1850-1899
Date:unknown
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Juniper Hill
county: Oxfordshire
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Listener: Age:Child (0-17)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:5 Dec 1876
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:daughter of stonemason
Religion:unknown
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:The Heart of Midlothian
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:10284
Source:Flora Thompson
Editor:n/a
Title:Lark Rise to Candleford
Place of Publication:England
Date of Publication:1945
Vol:n/a
Page:450
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Flora Thompson, Lark Rise to Candleford, (England, 1945), p. 450, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=10284, accessed: 08 December 2024
Additional Comments:
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