Record Number: 10217
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I like reading. I can sit down and read a good thriller and start on it again immediately I have finished it, but nothing else ... As I've tried to explain I can't find the time. When I've come home from work, helped the wife, and had a smoke, you look round, and it's time to go to bed.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1944 and 31 Dec 1944
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:Unknown/NA
Occupation:n/a
Religion:n/a
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: Title:[thrillers]
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:10217
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
File 2018, February 1944, Books and the Public, Notes major report on reading habits for the National Book Council, p. 18, in Mass Observation Online (access to this site is restricted to purchasing institutions, please see http://www.amdigital.co.uk/collections/Mass-Observation-Online for details). http://www.massobservation.amdigital.co.uk
Additional Information:
MOO accessed September 12, 2007
Citation:
File 2018, February 1944, Books and the Public, Notes major report on reading habits for the National Book Council, p. 18, in Mass Observation Online (access to this site is restricted to purchasing institutions, please see http://www.amdigital.co.uk/collections/Mass-Observation-Online for details). http://www.massobservation.amdigital.co.uk, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=10217, accessed: 13 March 2025
Additional Comments:
None
