Record Number: 12207
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
From Anne Thackeray Ritchie's 'Memoir for Laura': 'One of the nicest things that ever happened to us when we were children at Paris was the arrival of a huge parcel, which my Grannie cut open and inside there were piles and piles of the most beautiful delightful wonderful fairy tale books all painted with pictures ? I thought they would never come to an end but alas! in a week we had read them all. They were called the Felix Summerly series'.
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jan 1846 and 30 Jun 1846
Country:France
Timen/a
Place:city: Paris
location in dwelling: grandmother's house
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader:Harriet Marian (Minny) Thackeray
Age:Child (0-17)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:27 May 1840
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Daughter of Wiiliam Thackeray, wife of Leslie Stephen
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:France
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
later Harriet Stephen
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Home Treasury - Felix Summerly's Fairy Tale Book
Genre:Fiction, Children's Lit, Miscellany / Anthology
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:12207
Source:Winifred Gerin
Editor:n/a
Title:Anne Thackeray Ritchie: A Biography
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1983
Vol:n/a
Page:21
Additional Comments:
Gerin quotes from the manuscript source: Anne Thackeray Ritchie, Memoir for Laura (MS written for her niece Laura Stephen), Private collection of Belinda Norman-Butler
Citation:
Winifred Gerin, Anne Thackeray Ritchie: A Biography, (Oxford, 1983), p. 21, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12207, accessed: 17 May 2024
Additional Comments:
None
