Record Number: 5671
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'W.J. Brown was introduced to literature by "Robinson Crusoe", "She", "The Last of the Mohicans", and "Around the World in Eighty Days", and he never moved far beyond that level. He tried "The Idiot" and "The Brothers Karamazov", but found them too depressing, perhaps because his life was anything but Dostoevskian'.
Century:1900-1945
Date:unknown
Country:England
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Type of Experience(Reader):
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single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Child (0-17)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:1894
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:Post Office Savings Bank clerk
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
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:She
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Source Information:
Record ID:5671
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:406
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes, (New Haven, 2001), p. 406, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5671, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
See W.J. Brown, 'I Meet America' (London, 1942), pp. 51, 138.