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the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

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Record Number: 5961


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'[Howard] Spring was the son of a Cardiff gardener who bought his children secondhand copies of "Tom Jones" and "Swiss Family Robinson", and read aloud from "Pilgrim's Progress", "Robinson Crusoe" and Charles Dickens'.

Century:

1850-1899, 1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1890 and 31 Dec 1900

Country:

Wales

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Cardiff

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Spring

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Labourer (agricultural)

Occupation:

gardener

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Wales

Country of Experience:

Wales

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

Howard Spring and other children


Additional Comments:

father of Howard Spring



Text Being Read:

Author:

John Bunyan

Title:

Pilgrim's Progress

Genre:

Other religious, Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

5961

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

421

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes, (New Haven, 2001), p. 421, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5961, accessed: 03 October 2024


Additional Comments:

See Howard Spring, 'Heaven', pp. 11-12, 16.

   
   
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