Record Number: 5759
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'When the seventeen-year-old seaman entered Mr Pratt's bookstore on Sixth Avenue near Greenwich Avenue, he bought his first volume of Sir Thomas Malory's Morete d'Arthur; with this he began his career of serious reading as well as his devotion to pre-Renaissance English literature'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Jan 1895 and 31 Dec 1895
Country:United States of America
Timen/a
Place:city: New York
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:1 Jun 1878
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:later a poet
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:United States of America
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Morte d'Arthur
Genre:Fiction, legend
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:5759
Source:Sanford Sternlicht
Editor:n/a
Title:John Masefield
Place of Publication:Boston
Date of Publication:1977
Vol:n/a
Page:25
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Sanford Sternlicht, John Masefield, (Boston, 1977), p. 25, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5759, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
None