Record Number: 11381
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I do not know whether Mr Wilson read "Pickwick" right through, but I certainly did. My copy bears a plate inside the cover [school prize details]... It was the first of a succession of Dickens volumes on Indian paper, in stiff blue covers, with the original Phiz and Seymour illustrations. In 1926, at the Secondary School, I received "Barnaby Rudge"; in 1927, "Dombey and Son"; in 1928, "Nicholas Nickleby". "Great Expectations, which followed "Pickwick" in Mr Wilson's scheme, I acquired in the red, cardboard-backed Nelson's Classics, price One Shilling and Sixpence, a series which became my regular source of Christmas and birthday presents from uncles and friends... These books were my winter reading between the ages of ten and fourteen... [continues]'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1924 and 31 Dec 1926
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Millom
specific address: Holborn Hill school
other location: school
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:school master
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:n/a
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
class at Holburn Hill, including Norman Nicholson
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Great Expectations
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:11381
Source:Norman Nicholson
Editor:n/a
Title:Wednesday Early Closing
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1975
Vol:n/a
Page:143-144
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Norman Nicholson, Wednesday Early Closing, (London, 1975), p. 143-144, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=11381, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
None