Record Number: 11483
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
[Given 'a handsome and well-illustrated volume called the Prize Bible' by his grandmother] '...the surprise they got when I actually read the thing, right through, cover to cover, as if it was "Chips" or "Herewald the Wake"... Here on a wet Sunday morning was this handsome volume, leather-bound, of clear bold type and frequent illustrations -I'd look at the pictures. They were gawdy and full of action, quite a lot of them. Look at the priests of Dagon with their blood-splashed knives; Jael creeping into the tent of Sisera; Egyptian chariots overwhelmed by the Red Sea; Judas gloating over his pieces of silver like a carroty-headed Quilp...You simply had to read of these matters; and if the narrative didn't always come up to the quality of the illustrations, when it did you had a story which stayed in your imangination and gave it something to glow with. I read on, session after session, past all the boring bits and finished it at last.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:unknown
Country:England
Timemorning: wet Sunday morning
Place:city: Newcastle
location in dwelling: home
(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:1903
Socio-Economic Group:Labourer (non-agricultural)
Occupation:son of locomotive fireman
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Bible
Genre:Bible
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details'Prize Bible' illustrated edition, leather-bound
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:11483
Source:Jack Common
Editor:n/a
Title:Kiddar's Luck
Place of Publication:Newcastle
Date of Publication:1975
Vol:n/a
Page:44-45
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Jack Common, Kiddar's Luck, (Newcastle, 1975), p. 44-45, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=11483, accessed: 05 January 2025
Additional Comments:
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