Record Number: 32005
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'We went below at half-past seven, and I read the fourth and fifth cantos of The Lay of the Last Minstrel to Albert, and then we played on the piano.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:16 Sep 1842
Country:England
Timeevening
Place:other location: on board steamer, North Sea
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:24 May 1819
Socio-Economic Group:Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation:Queen
Religion:Church of England
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:The Lay of the Last Minstrel
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:32005
Source:Queen Victoria
Editor:Arthur Helps
Title:Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands, from 1848-1861. To Which are Prefixed and Added, Extracts from the Same Journal, Giving an Account of Earlier Visits to Scotland, and Tours in England and Ireland, and Yachting Excursions
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1868
Vol:n/a
Page:42
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Queen Victoria, Arthur Helps (ed.), Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands, from 1848-1861. To Which are Prefixed and Added, Extracts from the Same Journal, Giving an Account of Earlier Visits to Scotland, and Tours in England and Ireland, and Yachting Excursions, (London, 1868), p. 42, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32005, accessed: 04 December 2024
Additional Comments:
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