Record Number: 2299
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Either at school or at home I read all the classics considered necessary for children: 'Treasure Island', 'Kidnapped', 'Little Women', 'David Copperfield', 'Ivanhoe', 'Robinson Crusoe'. I suppose I enjoyed them; I certainly did not resent or avoid them. Very occasionally some incident would seem to connect with my own life: the doings of the Spanish Inquisition in 'Westward Ho!' for example, fitted in exactly with what I had heard about Roman Catholics. But on the whole the themes appeared completely abstract and impersonal, even when the author intended a message to strike home. 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' did not cause me a moment's concern for the plight of Negro slaves in America, and neither did 'The Water Babies' for the sufferings of the child chimney-sweeps, not because these situations had been done away with, but because no book stirred me in that way...
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1925 and 31 Dec 1937
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Exmouth
location in dwelling: home, or
other location: school
(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
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Ivanhoe
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:2299
Source:Patricia Beer
Editor:n/a
Title:Mrs Beer's House
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1968
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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=2299, accessed: 06 December 2024
Additional Comments:
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