Record Number: 31265

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'The only books he had were little nature-study notebooks, supplemented by his mother reading The Pilgrim's Progress aloud. Once she cheated by leaving out a long theological dissertation, but that made him very cross. "You spoil the whole thing" he shouted, and ran up to his bedroom.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Dec 1918 and 31 Dec 1918

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

St Leonards-on-Sea
East Sussex
Baston Lodge.

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Alan Mathison Turing

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

23 Jun 1912

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

child

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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

John Bunyan

Title:

The Pilgrim's Progress

Genre:

Other religious

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

31265

Source:

Print

Author:

Andrew Hodges

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Alan Turing: The Enigma

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1983

Vol:

n/a

Page:

9

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Andrew Hodges, Alan Turing: The Enigma, (London, 1983), p. 9, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=31265, accessed: 03 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None