Record Number: 12646
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'in the Army I spent most of my leisure reading in a desultory fashion anything that aroused my interest. Later on I bought or borrowed books on subjects not usually studied by privates, and began to co-ordinate my reading. Soldiers who did much reading were then objects of suspicion and I began to find myself a marked man.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:unknown
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:other location: probably in the army barracks
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:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:27 Feb 1885
Socio-Economic Group:Labourer (non-agricultural)
Occupation:son of master craftsman, but habitual criminal, at this time private in the army
Religion:family Methodist but becomes athiest
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:[unknown]
Genre:Unknown
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:12646
Source:Stuart Wood
Editor:n/a
Title:Shades of the prison house: A personal memoir
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1932
Vol:n/a
Page:45
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Stuart Wood, Shades of the prison house: A personal memoir, (London, 1932), p. 45, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12646, accessed: 04 November 2024
Additional Comments:
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