Record Number: 5232
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'George Acorn read George Eliot at age nine, but "solely for the story. I used to skip the parts that moralized, or painted verbal scenery, a practice at which I became very dextrous".'
Century:1850-1899
Date: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:Child (0-17)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Unknown/NA
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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:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:5232
Source:Jonathan Rose
Editor:n/a
Title:The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes
Place of Publication:New Haven
Date of Publication:2001
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Page:374
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes, (New Haven, 2001), p. 374, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5232, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
See George Acorn, 'One of the Multitude' (London, 1911) pp. 49-50