Record Number: 4819
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
"Rocking her brother in his cradle ... [Marianne Farningham] was reading from the Sailor's Magazine and came across 'two poems, which had a marvellous effect on me'. The first was about a family Bible, the last line of each stanza being 'The old-fashioned Bible that lay on the stand'; the second was Felicia Hemans's 'The Better Land' [which almost caused her to faint with emotion] ..."
Century:1800-1849, 1850-1899
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Type of Experience(Reader):
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(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Unknown
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Unknown/NA
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Better Land
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication DetailsIn The Sailor's Magazine
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Source Information:
Record ID:4819
Source:Kate Flint
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Title:The Woman Reader: 1837-1914
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1993
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Page:220
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Kate Flint, The Woman Reader: 1837-1914, (Oxford, 1993), p. 220, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4819, accessed: 07 October 2024
Additional Comments:
Quotation from Marianne Farningham, A Working Woman's Life: An Autobiography (1907) 20-1.