Record Number: 8869
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'on his eighth birthday, 27 February 1920, an ox-cart drew up outside Everleas Lodge with a present for him - a huge parcel of books. His father had bought him a complete set of Dickens which had belonged to a recently expired tea-planter. Durrell claimed later that he never got beyond the Pickwick Papers (sometimes he said that he got through about ten of them), but Dickens gave him a vision of merrie England... supplemented later by reading Thackeray and R.S. Surtees. In Surtees' convivial tales of the hunting, shooting, sporting Mr Jorrocks and his pursuitful adventures, there was something ruddy, jolly and rumbustious, which appealed to the perky youngster'.
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 27 Feb 1920 and 31 Dec 1930
Country:India
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Place:city: Darjeeling
specific address: Jesuit College of St Joseph at North Point
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silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
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:27 Feb 1912
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:later writer; engineer's son
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:Britain / India (Parents English and Irish but Indian born)
Country of Experience:India
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[probably] Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:8869
Source:Gordon Bowker
Editor:n/a
Title:Through the Dark Labyrinth: A Biography of Lawrence Durrell
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1996
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Page:13
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Gordon Bowker, Through the Dark Labyrinth: A Biography of Lawrence Durrell, (London, 1996), p. 13, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=8869, accessed: 17 August 2024
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