Record Number: 16587
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'This evening I read Spenser's poem called 'Mother Hubbard's Tale', a very long one. It is evidently a satire on the court and clergy, and a very bitter one too.' [Editors note: 'Then follow three pages of extracts from the above named poem, very accurately done'].
Century:1800-1849
Date:13 Nov 1832
Country:England
Timeevening
Place:city: Potton
county: Bedfordshire
other location: Parent's home
(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:n/a
Date of Birth:25 Dec 1819
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Child of schoolteacher father and author mother
child
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:'Mother Hubbard's Tale'
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsProbably the same Elizabethan edition referred to in earlier entries in journal
Provenanceborrowed (private library)
Text belonged to her father
Source Information:
Record ID:16587
Source:Emily Shore
Editor:Barbara Timm-Gates
Title:Journal of Emily Shore
Place of Publication:Chrlottesville and London
Date of Publication:1991
Vol:n/a
Page:24
Additional Comments:
Reprint (with some additional material) of 1891 edition of Shore's journal.
Citation:
Emily Shore, Barbara Timm-Gates (ed.), Journal of Emily Shore, (Chrlottesville and London, 1991), p. 24, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16587, accessed: 24 April 2025
Additional Comments:
From edited diary. Presumably Shore is reading the same copy of Spenser's poems referred to in other entries.
