Record Number: 11443
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Next to the Bible in time, and soon superseding it in practice were four volumes of Cassell's Illustrated History of England, which my father got bound up from a set of weekly parts. They carried the story down to the accession of George III; but even so they were a mine of treasure it took years to ramsack. I read first all the battles... After the battles I read the murders; then the executions; and then, at last, as much as I could stomach of the connecting bits in between.'
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:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Cassells Illustrated History of England
Genre:History
Form of Text:Print: Book, Serial / periodical, weekly parts collected by father and bound into four volumes
Publication DetailsCassells, issued in weekly parts
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:11443
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:15
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
T.A. Jackson, Solo Trumpet: Some memories of Socialist agitation and propaganda, (London, 1953), p. 15, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=11443, accessed: 21 December 2024
Additional Comments:
None
