Record Number: 11382
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 1928
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Millom
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:8 Jan 1914
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:son of tailor
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:The Pickwick Papers
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsseries published on Indian paper with blue covers and original illustrations
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:11382
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=11382, accessed: 21 December 2024
Additional Comments:
None
