Record Number: 30759

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Evening wrote to Billy[.] Mammy read to us a very amusing book called "The little savage".'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

6 Nov 1877

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

city: Redcar
county: N.Yorks
specific address: Red Barns

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Florence Bell

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1851

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

wife of Sir Hugh Bell, stepmother of Gertrude Bell

Religion:

Christian (Anglican)

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

Gertrude and Maurice Bell

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Frederick Marryat

Title:

The Little Savage

Genre:

Children's Lit

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

first published 1848

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30759

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Information:

on-line archive of letters and diaries at www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk

Additional Information:

Diary entry 6 November 1877 http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/diary_details.php?diary_id=1397

Citation:

on-line archive of letters and diaries at www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30759, accessed: 18 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None