Record Number: 4695
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Lucy Cavendish's diary, kept both before and after her marriage, provides one of the fullest accounts we have of the day-to-day reading of a Victorian girl and woman. It ranges from gift books ... bowdlerized Shakespeare, Longfellow, and Scott when she was still in the schoolroom, to the combination of religious debate, historical studies, and modern novels which characterised the literary consumption of her adult life.'
Century:1800-1849, 1850-1899
Date:unknown
Country:England
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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:Child (0-17)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:5 Sep 1841
Socio-Economic Group:Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation:n/a
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:n/a
Genre:Fiction, Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Unknown
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Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:4695
Source:Kate Flint
Editor:n/a
Title:The Woman Reader 1837-1914
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1993
Vol:n/a
Page:208 n.78
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Kate Flint, The Woman Reader 1837-1914, (Oxford, 1993), p. 208 n.78, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4695, accessed: 04 December 2024
Additional Comments:
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