Record Number: 1470

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Blatchford, once he read it carefully found [Samuel Smiles's Self Help] "one of the most delightful and invigorating books it has been my happy fortune to meet with".'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

unknown

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Robert Peel Glanville Blatchford

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

17 Mar 1851

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Soldier then socialist journalist, Fabian society activist

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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Samuel Smiles

Title:

Self Help

Genre:

Textbook / self-education

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

1470

Source:

Print

Author:

Jonathan Rose

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes

Place of Publication:

New Haven

Date of Publication:

2001

Vol:

n/a

Page:

68

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes, (New Haven, 2001), p. 68, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=1470, accessed: 21 December 2024

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Additional Comments:

See Robert Blatchford, 'A Book About Books' (London, 1903) p.233