Record Number: 3136
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Bruce Cummings [who later wrote as W. N. P. Barbellion]'s use of the Encyclopedia Britannica: "He would simply think of a word ... look it up, and read the 'learned articles till my eyes ached and my head swam. The sight of those huge tomes made me tremble with a lover's impatience ...'"
Century:1850-1899, 1900-1945
Date:unknown
Country:England
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Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Child (0-17)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:1889
Socio-Economic Group:Unknown/NA
Occupation:unknown
Religion:unknown
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:Encyclopedia Britannica
Genre:Reference / General works
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:3136
Source:Philp Waller
Editor:n/a
Title:Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:2006
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Page:64
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Philp Waller, Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918, (Oxford, 2006), p. 64, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3136, accessed: 27 September 2024
Additional Comments:
Quotation from W. N. P. Barbellion, Enjoying Life and Other Literary Remains (1919) 12-13.