Record Number: 3267
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'As late as the First World War, a Manchester boy could find an epiphany in an old volume of the Journal rescued from a rubbish bin: "It was dog-eared and pages were missing but never before had I seen and held such a volume of reading matter and it provided months of utmost delight and interest. It was my introduction to life through the written word. The sciences, philosophy, religions, politics, literature, poetry, much of it far beyond my understanding".'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1914 and 31 Dec 1918
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Manchester
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:Unknown
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Unknown/NA
Occupation:n/a
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:n/a
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:Chambers's Journal
Genre:Other religious, Fiction, Essays / Criticism, Poetry, Politics, Science
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication Detailsn/a
ProvenanceFound
found in bin
Source Information:
Record ID:3267
Source: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:188
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes, (New Haven, 2001), p. 188, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3267, accessed: 29 September 2024
Additional Comments:
See Harry Watkin, 'From Hulme all Blessings Flow: A Collection of Manchester Memories', (Manchester, 1975) p.56