Record Number: 2632
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Our first lessons were from Ford Madox Ford's 'English Review' which was publishing some of the best young writers of the time. We discussed Bridges and Masefield... For myself the suger-bag blue of the 'English Review' was decisive. One had thought literature was in books written by dead people who had been oppressively over-educated. Here was writing by people who were alive and probably writing at this moment...
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 16 Dec 1910 and 1 Jan 1918
Country:England
Timedaytime: at school
Place:city: Dulwich
other location: Alleyn's School
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(Listener):
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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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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:English Review
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book, Serial / periodical
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Source Information:
Record ID:2632
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:105
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Citation:
V.S. Pritchett, A Cab at the Door. An autobiography: early years, (London, 1968), p. 105, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=2632, accessed: 06 February 2025
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