Record Number: 3117
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'The [1890s] dockers' leader Ben Tillett went hungry in order to buy books ... [and] thereby struggled through the literary classics, as well as works on evolution by Darwin, Spencer, and Huxley ... after his day's work in the warehouse.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:unknown
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Timeevening
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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:Labourer (non-agricultural)
Occupation:Docker/warehouse operative
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[unknown]
Genre:Science, Natural history
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:3117
Source:Philip Waller
Editor:n/a
Title:Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:2006
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Page:23
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Philip Waller, Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918, (Oxford, 2006), p. 23, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3117, accessed: 10 October 2024
Additional Comments:
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