Record Number: 11958

Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Dubliners, James Joyce. First time I read it I was not much impressed, but on reading them again I found much that I had missed. They are immensely real and intimate sketches. Whenever I feel fed up I read one of these sketches and find myself in another world - Dublin, 20 years ago. Dublin saloon bars, street children, catholic priests, and inconspicuous clerks - all ordinary people but real. The stories are slightly tinged with melancholy. That soothes me.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1940 and 31 Dec 1942

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

anon

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Unknown

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Navy officer

Religion:

unknown

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:

James Joyce

Title:

Dubliners

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

Source Information:

Record ID:

11958

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Information:

File Report 1332, Date July 1942, BOOKS AND THE PUBLIC, p. 171, in Mass Observation Online (access to this site is restricted to purchasing institutions, please see http://www.amdigital.co.uk/collections/Mass-Observation-Online for details). http://www.massobservation.amdigital.co.uk

the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

Record Number: 11958

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