Record Number: 2294
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
For some reason we were never confronted with the famous animal books in childhood -neither "The Wind in the Willows" nor "Winne-the-Pooh", nor any Beatrix Potter -and when I did meet the works of Kenneth Grahame and A.A. Milne, at the age of twelve or thirteen, I was past them to the extent that I read from a height, like a connoisseur, with no involvement, accepting with sophistication rather than naivety the clothing, the speecg and the human motives of the animals.
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1931 and 31 Dec 1932
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Exmouth
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:Female
Date of Birth:4 Nov 1919
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:daughter of railway clerk
Religion:Plymouth Brethren
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Winnie the Pooh
Genre:Fiction, Children's Lit
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:2294
Source:Patricia Beer
Editor:n/a
Title:Mrs Beer's House
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1968
Vol:n/a
Page:102
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Patricia Beer, Mrs Beer's House, (London, 1968), p. 102, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=2294, accessed: 25 April 2025
Additional Comments:
None