Record Number: 4710
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Mary Paley Marshall ... one of Newnham's first students, recalls her father in the 1860s reading aloud "The Arabian Nights", "Gulliver's Travels", the "Iliad" and "Odyssey", Shakespeare, and, above all, Scott's novels ...'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Jan 1860 and 31 Dec 1869
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
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:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Clergy (includes all denominations)
Occupation:Curate
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
Mary Paley Marshall (reader's daughter)
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:novels
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:4710
Source:Kate Flint
Editor:n/a
Title:The Woman Reader 1837-1914
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1993
Vol:n/a
Page:211
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Kate Flint, The Woman Reader 1837-1914, (Oxford, 1993), p. 211, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4710, accessed: 06 December 2024
Additional Comments:
None