Record Number: 12677
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'As I began to mend, the Governor, to keep me from brooding too much, gave orders that I was to have all the reading matter I wanted within the limits of the prison library, and my book changed just as often as I liked and at any hour of the day. To a man eager to improve his acquaintance with standard literature such a privilege was immeasurably great, and for the next six weeks or so I browsed among the Victorian novelists - Austin [sic?], the Brontes, Dickens, Thackeray, George Eliot, Meredith, Lytton, Kingsley, Reade, Hughes, Trollope and others.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1908 and 31 Dec 1912
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:county: Somersetshire
specific address: Shepton Mallet Prison
other location: in his cell while recovering from illness
(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:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:27 Feb 1885
Socio-Economic Group:Labourer (non-agricultural)
Occupation:son of master craftsman, but habitual criminal
Religion:family Methodist but becomes athiest
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:[unknown]
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (institution library)
from prison library
Source Information:
Record ID:12677
Source:Stuart Wood
Editor:n/a
Title:Shades of the prison house: A personal memoir
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1932
Vol:n/a
Page:134
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Stuart Wood, Shades of the prison house: A personal memoir, (London, 1932), p. 134, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12677, accessed: 22 November 2024
Additional Comments:
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