Record Number: 11517
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'When I grew into a youth and read everything I got my hands on, from Penny Dreadfuls to the Holy Scriptures, I came across phrases that puzzled me, such as "sans-culotte", "shiftless rabble", "dregs of humanity", "ignorant masses". I wondered where all these worthless people lived. I could only think it must be London or some such place outside my ken. Then one day it dawned on me, these scornful and superior writers were writing about me, and the people who lived in our street. It knocked me sideways for a little time, till the temperament I had inherited from my mother pulled me straight again... The latest I have come across is Richard Church, for whom, as a poet and novelist, I have full respect...'
Century:1850-1899, 1900-1945
Date:unknown
Country:England
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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:Unknown
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:14 Oct 1886
Socio-Economic Group:Labourer (non-agricultural)
Occupation:ironmoulder, later writer
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:Penny Dreadfuls
Genre:Fiction, Children's Lit, Ephemera
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
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Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:11517
Source:Joseph Stamper
Editor:n/a
Title:So long ago
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1960
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Page:29-30
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Joseph Stamper, So long ago, (London, 1960), p. 29-30, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=11517, accessed: 03 November 2024
Additional Comments:
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