Record Number: 9313
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'By the age of ten he had gone through E.W. Lane's three-volume translation of "The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night", Scott's Waverley novels, Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass", the adventure stories of Captain Marryat, everything of Harrison Ainsworth, and other, now forgotten, works'.
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 25 Jan 1874 and 25 Jan 1884
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Whitstable
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:Male
Date of Birth:25 Jan 1874
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:later writer
Religion:unknown
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:[Waverley novels]
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (private library)
uncle and guardian's library
Source Information:
Record ID:9313
Source:Robert Calder
Editor:n/a
Title:Willie: The Life of W. Somerset Maugham
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1989
Vol:n/a
Page:22
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Robert Calder, Willie: The Life of W. Somerset Maugham, (London, 1989), p. 22, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=9313, accessed: 06 December 2024
Additional Comments:
None