Record Number: 12143

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Arthur recalls that he could not read "properly" until he began school at the age of 9; he preferred his sister Anna to read to him. On one occasion, when she read "Uncle Tom's Cabin", Arthur, who believed that "a boy must never show any emotion", burst into tears, then flew into a rage over revealing his deepest feelings and attacked her with his fists'.

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1865 and 31 Dec 1874

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

Reader:

Anna Symons

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

Wesleyan preacher's daughter

Religion:

Wesleyan

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

Arthur Symons

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Title:

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

12143

Source:

Print

Author:

Karl Beckson

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Arthur Symons: A Life

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1987

Vol:

n/a

Page:

7

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Karl Beckson, Arthur Symons: A Life, (Oxford, 1987), p. 7, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12143, accessed: 07 September 2024

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Additional Comments:

None