Record Number: 2773
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'James Murray, a Glasgow woodcarver, represented the kind of reader Dent and Rhys were trying to reach. He credited Everyman magazine with "opening up an entirely new set of ideas to which I had previously been a stranger. I became familiar with the names and works of all the truly great authors and poets, and was now throughly convinced I had been misplaced in my life's work". His reading ranged from Rasselas to Looking Backward'.
Century:1900-1945
Date:unknown
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:city: Glasgow
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:1894
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:woodcarver
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Rasselas
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsEveryman edition
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:2773
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:136
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes, (New Haven, 2001), p. 136, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=2773, accessed: 02 November 2024
Additional Comments:
See James Murray, 'To Pashendaele and Back' - complete reference elusive in Rose's notes.