Record Number: 5747
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'As a ?1-a-week warehouse clerk in the early 1920s, H.E. Bates spent most of the workday with Conrad, Hardy, Wells, Bennett, Galsworthy, Edith Wharton and Willa Cather'.
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1920 and 31 Dec 1925
Country:England
Timedaytime
Place:county: Northamptonshire
other location: at work
(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:16 May 1905
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:clerk, later author
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[unknown]
Genre:Fiction, Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:5747
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:417
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes, (New Haven, 2001), p. 417, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5747, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
See H.E. Bates, The Vanished World (London, 1969) pp.143-8