Record Number: 1984
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'John Paton was raised in the Aberdeen slums on a diet of penny dreadfuls ("good healthy stuff for an imaginative boy") and he found similar thrills in the Bible, at least in the earlier episodes. "I revelled in the same way in the bloodier scenes of the Old Testament while the moralities of the New made no contact in my mind".'
Century:1850-1899
Date:unknown
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:city: Aberdeen
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:1886
Socio-Economic Group:Unknown/NA
Occupation:n/a
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[penny dreadfuls]
Genre:Fiction, Children's Lit, penny dreadfuls
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailscheap 'penny dreadful' editions
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:1984
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:103
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes, (New Haven, 2001), p. 103, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=1984, accessed: 25 April 2025
Additional Comments:
See John Paton, 'Proletarian Pilgrimage' (London, 1935) p.41