Record Number: 4870
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
"Emmeline Pankhurst (b. 1858) emphasized the value of her childhood reading in forming her guiding principles. Uncle Tom's Cabin fused with talk of bazaars, relief funds, and subscriptions in her Manchester home to awaken first an admiration for fighting spirit and heroic sacrifice, and then an appreciation of a gentler, restorative spirit ... other favourite childhood books which remained a lifelong source of inspiration ... [were]: Pilgrim's Progress and The Holy War, the Odyssey, and Carlyle's French Revolution. Her interest in politics she traced to reading the paper aloud to her father."
Century:1850-1899
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Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Child (0-17)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:1858
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
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Country of Origin:England
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Pilgrim's Progress
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Source Information:
Record ID:4870
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:245
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Kate Flint, The Woman Reader: 1837-1914, (Oxford, 1993), p. 245, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4870, accessed: 03 October 2024
Additional Comments:
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