Record Number: 4278
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'[Edith] Hall recalled that she discovered Thomas Hardy in a WEA class in the 1920s when "Punch and other publications of that kind showed cartoons depicting the servant class as stupid and 'thick'...[Tess of the d'Urbervilles] was the first serious novel I had read up to this time in which the heroine had not been of gentle birth and the labouring classes as brainless automatons. This book made me feel human".'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1920 and 1930
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
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Servant
Occupation:housemaid
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:Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Source Information:
Record ID:4278
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:275
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes, (New Haven, 2001), p. 275, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4278, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
See Edith Hall, 'Canary Girls and Stockpots' (Luton, 1977) pp39-40