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Record Number: 32258


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Mother has been reading "The Excursion" lately.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Until: 26 Sep 1890

Country:

France

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Paris
specific address: British Embassy

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Edith Lytton

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

15 Sep 1841

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

Anglican

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

France

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

William Wordsworth

Title:

The Excursion

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

32258

Source:

Print

Author:

Emily, Lady Lutyens

Editor:

n/a

Title:

A Blessed Girl: Memoirs of a Victorian Girlhood

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1953

Vol:

n/a

Page:

33

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Emily, Lady Lutyens, A Blessed Girl: Memoirs of a Victorian Girlhood, (London, 1953), p. 33, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32258, accessed: 02 May 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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