Record Number: 4461
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Once a month when [Jack Jones's] duties took him to Cardiff, he would exchange twelve to twenty books and take them home in an old suitcase. He read Tolstoy and Gork, and raced through most of Dostoevsky in a month. He was guided by a librarian who, like a university tutor, demanded an intelligent critique of everything he read'.
Century:1900-1945
Date:unknown
Country:Wales
Timen/a
Place:city: Blaengaerw
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:1884
Socio-Economic Group:Labourer (non-agricultural)
Occupation:miner, also book buyer for local miners' library; Communist activist; later novelist
Religion:n/a
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:[most works]
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (public library)
borrowed from Cardiff Central Library
Source Information:
Record ID:4461
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:319
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes, (New Haven, 2001), p. 319, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4461, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
See Jack Jones, 'Unfinished Journey' (London, 1937) pp.192-97