Record Number: 8956
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'The house was behind the post office and below the town library, and in a few years not even the joys of guddling, girning and angling matched the boy's pleasure in Emerson, Hawthorne, Ambrose Pierce, Sidney Lanier and Mark Twain. Day after day... he carried a large washing basket up the stairs to fill it with books, choosing from upwards of twelve thousand volumes, then downstairs to sit for hours in corners absorbed in mental worlds beyond the narrow limits of Langholm.'
Century:1850-1899, 1900-1945
Date:Between 1896 and 1908
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:city: Langholm
county: Scottish Borders
specific address: Library Buildings, Parliament Square
(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:11 Aug 1892
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:postman's son; later poet
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
later Hugh MacDiarmid
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:unknown
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (public library)
Source Information:
Record ID:8956
Source:Nancy K. Gish
Editor:n/a
Title:Hugh MacDiarmid: The Man and his Work
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1984
Vol:n/a
Page:15
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Nancy K. Gish, Hugh MacDiarmid: The Man and his Work, (London, 1984), p. 15, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=8956, accessed: 06 October 2024
Additional Comments:
None