Record Number: 11434
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'It [central London] was truly a wonder world, for I seeing it not merely with my eyes of flesh but with the eyes of heightened imagination; -seeing it not only through spectacles manufactured by an optician, but through glasses supplied by magicians names Charles Dickens, Walter Scott, William Makepeace Thackeray, Joseph Addison, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Toby Smollett, Sam Johnson and Will Shakespeare himself. Had I scraped an acquaintance with all these before I was fifteen? I knew them well! -and that was the trouble. I was book hungry, and I found a land where books were accessible in a quantity and variety sufficient to satisfy even my uncontrolled voracity.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 21 Aug 1879 and 21 Aug 1894
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London
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:21 Aug 1879
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:son of master craftsman, reading boy at printers
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[unknown]
Genre:Fiction, Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:11434
Source:T.A. Jackson
Editor:n/a
Title:Solo Trumpet: Some memories of Socialist agitation and propaganda
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1953
Vol:n/a
Page:12
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
T.A. Jackson, Solo Trumpet: Some memories of Socialist agitation and propaganda, (London, 1953), p. 12, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=11434, accessed: 22 November 2024
Additional Comments:
None
