Record Number: 3629
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Lloyd George, the Chancellor of the Exchequer ... liked to get away from political anxieties by devouring what he called "shilling shockers": adventure stories, American westerns, and thrillers, though he would occasionally leaven the mixture by rereading Dickens and what he considered the erotic passages of Byron, Milton and Burns. He did latch on to some best-sellers, such as Jeffrey Farnol's The Amateur Gentleman (1913), which he read "over and over again" ...'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1908 and 1915
Country:unknown
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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:1863
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Chancellor of the Exchequer
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:unknown
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:unknown
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:3629
Source:Philip Waller
Editor:n/a
Title:Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918
Place of Publication:n/a
Date of Publication:n/a
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Page:680
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Philip Waller, Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918, p. 680, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3629, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
Quotation from Frances Lloyd George, The Years that are Past (1967) 201-2.