Record Number: 2312
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
After the age of ten, I turned to a series of works which were no less goody-goody, though the svaing blood of Jesus had been transmogrified into a more abstract sense of decency. All the good characters in the 'Anne' and 'Emily' books of L.M. Montgomery were churchgoers, their religious beliefs clearly being basic to their mode of life...
Century:1900-1945
Date:From: 01 Jan 1930
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
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Anne of Green Gables
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:2312
Source:Patricia Beer
Editor:n/a
Title:Mrs Beer's House
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1968
Vol:n/a
Page:111
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Patricia Beer, Mrs Beer's House, (London, 1968), p. 111, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=2312, accessed: 25 April 2025
Additional Comments:
Beer writes at length about plot and impact of books