Record Number: 3357
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'The girls at the hat and cap factory where [Mary Bertenshaw] worked would huddle round at dinner to read Aristotle's Masterpiece over general giggles: "It contained explicit pictures of the developent of a foetus; in turn we read out passages. This went on until our boss Abe interrupted us. We felt so ashamed and from then on kept even further away from the VD clinic and became very dubious about the male sex'
Century:1900-1945
Date:unknown
Country:England
Timedaytime
Place:city: Manchester
other location: at place of work
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Unknown
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:1904
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
workmates
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Aristotle's Masterpiece
Genre:Medicine, Reference / General works, sex manual
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:3357
Source:Jonathan Rose
Editor:n/a
Title:The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes
Place of Publication:New Haven
Date of Publication:2001
Vol:n/a
Page:207
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes, (New Haven, 2001), p. 207, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3357, accessed: 05 November 2024
Additional Comments:
See Mary Bertenshaw, 'Sunrise to Sunset', (Manchester, 1980) p.99