Record Number: 4021

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'On these awful dark days there is no work to be done; so this morning after answering notes and paying bills and doing everything I hate doing, I sat down in a very depressed state of mind to read'.

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

14 Jan 1898

Country:

England

Time

morning

Place:

city: London

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Kate Perugini

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

30 Oct 1839

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Artist

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

n/a

Genre:

Unknown

Form of Text:

Print: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

4021

Source:

Print

Author:

Lucinda Hawksley

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Katey: The Life and Loves of Dickens's Artist Daughter

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

2006

Vol:

n/a

Page:

313

Additional Comments:

Letter from Kate Perugini (nee Dickens) to George Bernard Shaw, 14 Jan 1898.

Citation:

Lucinda Hawksley, Katey: The Life and Loves of Dickens's Artist Daughter, (London, 2006), p. 313, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4021, accessed: 20 April 2025

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Additional Comments:

None