Record Number: 31085
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'By the time I was seventeen, my passion for reading had become so intense that a few hours [study in the public library] in the evenings seemed totally insufficient ... I started to spend odd shillings in second-hand bookshops and to keep my pockets stuffed with a volume or two for the purpose of reading when I should have been working. Chief among these first purchases were the volumes of the Everyman's Library ... A handy size for the pocket, they introduced me to Emerson's essays, Marcus Aurelius, Coleridge's Biographica Literaria, Carlyle, and to other writers.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:1909
Country:England
Timeevening
Place:city: Birmingham
county: West Midlands
specific address: "P & C" Gasworks
location in dwelling: Factory floor
(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:Child (0-17)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:17 Feb 1892
Socio-Economic Group:Labourer (non-agricultural)
Occupation:Factory worker
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:unknown
Genre:Essays / Criticism
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsin the "Everyman's Library" series
Provenanceread in situ
Source Information:
Record ID:31085
Source:Vero Walter Garratt
Editor:n/a
Title:A Man in the Street
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1939
Vol:n/a
Page:96
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Vero Walter Garratt, A Man in the Street, (London, 1939), n/a, p. 96, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=31085, accessed: 29 April 2024
Additional Comments:
There were several volumes of Emerson's Essays in print with Dent at this time, and it is impossible to specify which of these Garratt is referring to.
