Record Number: 2780
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'[Philip Ballard] had no exposure to contemporary writers until the 1890s: "I gained a nodding acquaintance with the life and letters of Ancient Greece and Rome, and... I had read most of Dickens, much of Thackeray and some of Scott; but I had never read a line of Henry James, of Meredith or of Hardy".'
Century:1850-1899
Date:unknown
Country:Wales
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:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:son of tinplate worker
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:Wales
Country of Experience:Wales
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:n/a
Genre:Fiction, Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceread in situ
or perhaps borrowed? Guildhall Library
Source Information:
Record ID:2780
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:137
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes, (New Haven, 2001), p. 137, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=2780, accessed: 04 December 2024
Additional Comments:
See Philip Ballard, 'I Cannot Forget'.