Record Number: 4181
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'[Davies said] "Before I was twelve I had developed an appreciation of good prose, and the Bible created in me a zest for literature", propelling him directly to Lamb, Hazlitt's Essays and Ruskin's The Crown of Wild Olives. Later... he joined the library committee of the Miners' Institute in Maesteg, made friends with the librarian, and advised him on acquisitions. Thus he could read all the books he wanted: Marx, Smith, Ricardo, Mill, Marshall, economic and trade union history, Fabian Essays, Thomas Hardy, Meredith, Kipling and Dickens'
Century:1900-1945
Date:unknown
Country:Wales
Timen/a
Place:city: Maesteg
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:1 Jan 1889
Socio-Economic Group:Labourer (non-agricultural)
Occupation:miner's son
Religion:Methodist
Country of Origin:Wales
Country of Experience:Wales
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:n/a
Genre:Fiction, Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (institution library)
Source Information:
Record ID:4181
Source:Jonathan Rose
Editor:n/a
Title:The Intellectual Life of th
Place of Publication:New Haven
Date of Publication:2001
Vol:n/a
Page:240
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of th, (New Haven, 2001), p. 240, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4181, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
See D.R. Davies, 'In Search of Myself', no further ref. traceable in Rose