Record Number: 33897
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'In reading, nothing goes to the heart like any true account of a mother and son's love for one another, such as we find in that true book I have already spoken of in a former chapter, Serge Aksakoff's "History of my Childhood". Of other books I may cite Leigh Hunt's "Autobiography" in the early chapters. Reading the incidents he records of his mother's love and pity for all in trouble, and her self-sacrificing acts I have exclaimed "How like my mother!"'
Century:1850-1899, 1900-1945
Date:Country:
Argentina
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:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:4 Aug 1841
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Field naturalist, author
Religion:Protestant (Anglican) in childhood only
Country of Origin:Argentina
Country of Experience:Argentina
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 Autobiography of Leigh Hunt
Genre:Autobiog / Diary
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsfirst publ. 1850.
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:33897
Source:William Henry Hudson
Editor:n/a
Title:Far Away and Long Ago: A History of my Early Life
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1918
Vol:n/a
Page:315
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
William Henry Hudson, Far Away and Long Ago: A History of my Early Life, (London, 1918), p. 315, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33897, accessed: 20 February 2026
Additional Comments:
From the context it is not clear wheher Hudson read Leigh Hunt's work soon after the death of his mother (Otoer 1859), in Argentina, or much later.
