Record Number: 4280

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

"Kitty dispatched the little ones to the schoolroom to do their lessons. Then John, Rachel and Kitty seated themselves in the shade while John took a book from his pocket and read 'Perigrinus Porteous' to them... Towards evening the entire party walked to the village church where, by twilight, John Pitchford read Gray's 'Elegy' with great effect."

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

unknown

Country:

England

Time

morning

Place:

city: Norwich

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:

John Pitchford

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Son of Norwich Surgeon

Occupation:

worked in a laboratory

Religion:

Roman Catholic

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

Friends (Rachel and Kitty Gurney)

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Thomas Grey

Title:

Elegy written in a Country Churchyard

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1751

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

4280

Source:

Print

Author:

Jacobine Menzies-Wilson Helen Lloyd

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Amelia: the tale of a plain friend

Place of Publication:

London: Open University Press

Date of Publication:

1937

Vol:

n/a

Page:

71

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Jacobine Menzies-Wilson Helen Lloyd, Amelia: the tale of a plain friend, (London: Open University Press, 1937), p. 71, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4280, accessed: 30 April 2025

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Additional Comments:

None