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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

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

William Henry Hudson

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Leigh Hunt

Title:

The Autobiography of Leigh Hunt

Genre:

Autobiog / Diary

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

first publ. 1850.

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

33897

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

n/a

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: 08 October 2024


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.

   
   
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