Record Number: 20305
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Father was well read in politics and in the nineteenth century novelists, Dickens and Trollope being his favourites. But his reading nourished the sour scepticism that possesed him [and he suggested to Glasser that reading was a waste of time]'.
Century:1900-1945
Date:Until: 1 Oct 1939
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:city: Glasgow
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:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Labourer (non-agricultural)
Occupation:factory worker
Religion:Jewish
Country of Origin:Lithuania
Country of Experience:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
father of Ralph Glasser
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[unknown]
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:20305
Source:Ralph Glasser
Editor:n/a
Title:Growing up in the Gorbals
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1986
Vol:n/a
Page:33
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Ralph Glasser, Growing up in the Gorbals, (London, 1986), p. 33, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=20305, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
None