Record Number: 20326
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'In my sisters' letters, reading between the lines, I found a self-justifying resentment, the accusation - mystifying to me - that it was I who was guilty of severing the vital links, when in truth it was [italics] they [end italics] who had done so long ago when I was a small child'.
Century:1900-1945
Date:From: 1 Oct 1939
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Oxford
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:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:3 Apr 1916
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:later economist
Religion:Jewish
Country of Origin:England, of Lithuanian extraction
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:[letters]
Genre:letters
Form of Text:Manuscript: Letter
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:20326
Source:Ralph Glasser
Editor:n/a
Title:Gorbals Boy at Oxford
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1988
Vol:n/a
Page:45
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Ralph Glasser, Gorbals Boy at Oxford, (London, 1988), p. 45, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=20326, accessed: 19 April 2025
Additional Comments:
also letters from his sister Mary