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Record Number: 31094


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'The book that influenced me most in this direction was Sylvanus Stall's, What a Young Man Ought to Know, which I accepted as the guiding testament of youth in all matters of sex knowledge.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1906 and 1909

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Birmingham
county: West Midlands

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Vero Walter Garratt

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:

Sylvanus Stall

Title:

What a Young Man Ought to Know

Genre:

Other religious, Textbook / self-education, Conduct books

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

First published 1897

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

31094

Source:

Print

Author:

Vero Walter Garratt

Editor:

n/a

Title:

A Man in the Street

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1939

Vol:

n/a

Page:

108

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Vero Walter Garratt, A Man in the Street, (London, 1939), n/a, p. 108, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=31094, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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