Record Number: 2836

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'merchant seaman Lennox Kerr ditched overboard his early experiments in authorship:"... writing isn't for the working man. It sets him apart. He isn't such a toiler if he knows too much or does things like writing. Even reading Shakespeare and the Bible and my Cobbett's Grammar put me under suspicion."'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

unknown

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

other location: on a ship

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:

Lennox Kerr

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1899

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

merchant seaman

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:

William Cobbett

Title:

A Grammar of the English Language in a Series of Letters

Genre:

Education, Textbook / self-education, Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

2836

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:

180

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes, (New Haven, 2001), p. 180, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=2836, accessed: 25 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

See Lennox Kerr, 'The Eager Years' (London, 1940) p.102