Record Number: 3391
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
I moved to Marie Corelli and there I found a book of newspaper articles called 'Free Opinions'. The type was large. The words were easy, rather contemptibly so. I read and then stopped in anger. Marie Corelli had insulted me. She was against popular education, against schools, against Public libraries and said that common people like us made the books dirty because we never washed, and that we infected them with disease.
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 16 Dec 1910 and 1 Jan 1918
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(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:16 Dec 1900
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:son of itinerant salesman
Religion:Christain
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Free Opinions
Genre:Essays / Criticism
Form of Text:Print: Book, Newspaper
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (private library)
from father's study
Source Information:
Record ID:3391
Source:V.S. Pritchett
Editor:n/a
Title:A Cab at the Door. An autobiography: early years
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1968
Vol:n/a
Page:107
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
V.S. Pritchett, A Cab at the Door. An autobiography: early years, (London, 1968), p. 107, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3391, accessed: 10 November 2024
Additional Comments:
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