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Record Number: 938


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'One winter evening I was sitting over the fire engrossed in "Jane Eyre"...'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1870 and 1900

Country:

England

Time

evening: Winter

Place:

city: London
specific address: 1 Canonbury Park North
By the fire

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Mary Vivian (Molly) Hughes

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

2 Oct 1866

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

Anglican

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Charlotte Bronte

Title:

Jane Eyre

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

938

Source:

Print

Author:

M.V. Hughes

Editor:

n/a

Title:

A London Family 1870-1900

Place of Publication:

London, New York, Toronto

Date of Publication:

1946

Vol:

n/a

Page:

131

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

M.V. Hughes, A London Family 1870-1900, (London, New York, Toronto, 1946), p. 131, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=938, accessed: 05 October 2024


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