Record Number: 14046
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Mrs Hugh Fraser on her son (having just described his Chinese nursemaid's indulgent treatment of him): 'He retained his fine appetite till he was five or six years old. Then I found him one night slipping "Mrs. Beeton's Cookery Book" under his pillow. On my asking the motive of his selection he replied, "It is nice to read about the plum puddings even if you can't always get them."'
Century:1850-1899
Date:unknown
Country:China
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Child (0-17)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:child
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:China
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[cookery book]
Genre:Cookery
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:14046
Source:Mrs Hugh Fraser
Editor:n/a
Title:A Diplomatist's Wife in Many Lands
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1910
Vol:2
Page:208
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Mrs Hugh Fraser, A Diplomatist's Wife in Many Lands, (London, 1910), 2, p. 208, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=14046, accessed: 14 October 2024
Additional Comments:
Not clear to which of her sons (John and Hugh Fraser) Mrs Fraser refers.