Record Number: 3196
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
' ... in 1917-18, when he was 90, Sir Edward Fry asked his wife and daughters to read Lockhart's "Life of Scott" to him to take his mind off the Great War, which, as a Quaker, he abhorred -- "and for many hours every day ... to all ten volumes ... he listened in the last winter of his life."'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1917 and 31 Dec 1918
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
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:
Listener: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:1827
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Judge/arbitrator
Religion:Quaker
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:Life of Scott
Genre:Biography
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details10 vols.
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:3196
Source:Philip Waller
Editor:n/a
Title:Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:2006
Vol:n/a
Page:182
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Philip Waller, Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918, (Oxford, 2006), p. 182, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3196, accessed: 10 October 2024
Additional Comments:
Quotation from Agnes Fry, A Memoir of The Right Honourable Sir Edward Fry (1921) 262.