Record Number: 31172

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'It was from [my father, a policeman] that I acquired the habit, which I have never been able to shake off, of reading in bed; and one of my most vivid recollections is of my father lying up in bed, upholstered in pillows, the eternal pipe in his mouth, absorbed in a book, and I, a young boy, lying gravely beside him, pretending to be deep in—of all the literary meats for a child's stomach!—Hudibras.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1903 and 1907

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

county: Surrey

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:

Desmond Malone

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1898

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

Child

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:

Samuel Butler

Title:

Hudibras

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

31172

Source:

Print

Author:

Desmond Malone

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The Last Landfall

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1936

Vol:

n/a

Page:

18

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Desmond Malone, The Last Landfall, (London, 1936), p. 18, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=31172, accessed: 29 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None