Record Number: 3572

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Occasionally the discussions became acrimonious. My eldest brother was one day making disparaging remarks about Tennyson, and my mother, all agitated in defence of her idol, fetched his poems from the shelf, and with a "Listen now, children" began to declaim "Locksley Hall". When she reached "I to herd with narroe foreheads" she burst out, flinging down the book, "What awful rubbish this is!"

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1870 and 31 Dec 1879

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London
location in dwelling: home

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Mrs Hughes

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Mother

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

family

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Title:

Locksley Hall

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

3572

Source:

Print

Author:

M.V. Hughes

Editor:

n/a

Title:

A London Child of the 1870s

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1934

Vol:

n/a

Page:

7

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

M.V. Hughes, A London Child of the 1870s, (Oxford, 1934), p. 7, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3572, accessed: 07 October 2024

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Additional Comments:

None