Record Number: 2628
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
I had read every line of several volumes of the 'Home Magazine' -especially a grotesque serial called 'The Wallypug of Why', an enjoyable fantasy about the plots of a cathedral gargoyle: also bits from the 'Children's Encyclopaedia', 'Hereward the Wake', comics and 'Marriage on Two Hundred a Year', one of the popular handbooks of the period.
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 16 Dec 1900 and 1 Jan 1914
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Ipswich
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:Hereward the Wake
Genre:Fiction, History
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:2628
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:83
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
V.S. Pritchett, A Cab at the Door. An autobiography: early years, (London, 1968), p. 83, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=2628, accessed: 28 April 2025
Additional Comments:
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