Record Number: 22211
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'After dinner [during stay at Marlborough College] my father was again asked to read by Mrs Bradley: "Will it be too cruel to ask you to read "The Grandmother?" [...] A Belgian governess, Mdlle. Stapps, was on the chair just behind him. He said, "I can't read 'The Grandmother' properly except after breakfast, when I am weak and tremulous; fortified by dinner and a glass of port I am too vigorous." "Well; read 'The Northern Farmer' then." So he did: and asked Mdlle. how much she understood. "Pas un mot, Monsieur." 'Then he read "The Grandmother," and after that four pieces out of Hood's Whims and Oddities, "Faithless Nelly Gray," "Faithless Sally Brown," "Tim Turpin" and "Ben Battle." He explained the play on words in them to Mdlle. who was "excessivement enchantee." He laughed till the tears came at some of the things he read. This went on till 11.50'.
Century:1850-1899
Date:4 May 1866
Country:England
Timeevening
Place:city: Marlborough
county: Wiltshire
specific address: Marlborough College
(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:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:6 Aug 1809
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
Mrs Bradley (headmaster's wife) Mademoiselle Stapps Hallam Tennyson (reader's son)
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:'Tim Turpin'
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsIn Hood's Whims and Oddities
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:22211
Source:Hallam Tennyson
Editor:n/a
Title:Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir by His Son
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1897
Vol:2
Page:36-37
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Hallam Tennyson, Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir by His Son, (London, 1897), 2, p. 36-37, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=22211, accessed: 07 October 2024
Additional Comments:
Hallam Tennyson a pupil at Marlborough College.