Record Number: 981
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'As a circuit preacher Pyke introduced farm people to Milton, Carlyle, Ruskin and Tolstoy. His own reading ranged from Shakespeare and Boswell to Shelley's poems and George Henry Lewes's History of Philosophy. He was even prepared to acknowledge the "genius" of Jude the Obscure, though he would have preferred a happy ending'.
Century:1850-1899
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Type of Experience(Reader):
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(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:1879
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:preacher and President of the Methodist Conference
Religion:Methodist
Country of Origin:England
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:History of Philosophy
Genre:History, Philosophy
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Source Information:
Record ID:981
Source:Jonathan Rose
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Title:The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes
Place of Publication:New Haven
Date of Publication:2001
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Page:35
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Citation:
Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes, (New Haven, 2001), p. 35, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=981, accessed: 08 October 2024
Additional Comments:
See Richard Pyke, 'Men and Memories' (London, 1948)