Record Number: 31089
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'At one end of the shop stood the foreman's little glass office, from which he could observe all that was going on through the windows in front of him. To obstruct his view was my only chance of reading, so I formed a screen by putting boxes of [gas] fittings ... on the vital part of the bench, fixed a small mirror in line with the door of his office, and then stealthily drew from my pocket Everyman's Sartor Resartus, which I stood against the barricade and alternated spasms of sumptuous reading with arid efforts at soldering or riveting, which I accomplished with about half the attention I gave to the print.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:1909
Country:England
Timen/a
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:Sartor Resartus
Genre:Essays / Criticism
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsLondon: Dent, 1908.
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:31089
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:97
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Vero Walter Garratt, A Man in the Street, (London, 1939), n/a, p. 97, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=31089, accessed: 04 May 2024
Additional Comments:
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