Record Number: 11245
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'One evening my father took down his Virgil from an upper shelf...And then, in the twilight, as he shut the volume at last, oblivious of my presence, he began to murmur and to chant the adorable verses by memory...I stopped my play, and listened as if to a nightingale ... My prosodical instinct was awakened, quite suddenly that dim evening, as my father and I sat alone in the breakfast-room after tea, serenely accepting the hour, for once, with no idea of exhortation or profit ... I persuaded my Father, who was a little astonished at my insistance, to repeat the lines over and over again. At last my brain caught them."
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jun 1859 and 31 Aug 1859
Country:England
Timeevening
Place:county: Devon
location in dwelling: breakfast-room in family home in Devon
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:1810
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:zoological writer
Religion:Plymouth Brethren
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
son Edmund Gosse, age 9 1/2 years
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Eclogues
Genre:Classics, Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:11245
Source:Edmund Gosse
Editor:n/a
Title:Father and Son: a study of two temperments
Place of Publication:Keele: Ryburn Publishing
Date of Publication:1994
Vol:n/a
Page:121
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Edmund Gosse, Father and Son: a study of two temperments, (Keele: Ryburn Publishing, 1994), p. 121, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=11245, accessed: 06 February 2025
Additional Comments:
None