Record Number: 29155

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'One Friday afternoon I went to the [italics] Daily Herald [end italics] office to call on a friend. As I entered the building a taxi stopped at the door and I found G. K. C. [G. K. Chesterton] by my side. "I have half an hour for my article," said he, rather breathlessly. "Wait here till I come back." The first sentence was addressed to himself, the second to the taxi-driver, but as we were now in the office the driver heard nothing. Chesterton called for a back file of the [italics] Daily Herald [end italics], sat down, lit a cigar and began to read some of his old articles. I watched him. Presently he smiled. Then he laughed. Then he leaned back in his chair and roared. "Good - oh, damned good!" exclaimed he. He turned to another article and frowned a little, but a third pleased him better. After a while he pushed the papers from him and sat a while in thought.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Country:

England

Time

daytime

Place:

city: London
specific address: Offices of the "Daily Herald"

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

29 May 1874

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer and journalist

Religion:

Roman Catholic

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Title:

Backfile of his own articles published in the "Daily Herald."

Genre:

Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ
Read in the offices of the "Daily Herald."

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Source Information:

Record ID:

29155

Source:

Print

Author:

Charles Frederick Kenyon

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Set Down in Malice: A Book of Reminiscences

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1919

Vol:

n/a

Page:

72

Additional Comments:

Written under the pseudonym "Gerald Cumberland."

Citation:

Charles Frederick Kenyon, Set Down in Malice: A Book of Reminiscences, (London, 1919), p. 72, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29155, accessed: 17 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None