Record Number: 2152

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Jailed for sufragette disruptions, millworker Annie Kenney rediscovered the Bible, "and I interpreted it quite differently in prison to the way I had interpreted it outside. It is a beautiful book, full of hope. The poetry of it is charming".'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

unknown

Country:

n/a

Time

n/a

Place:

other location: in jail

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Annie Kenney

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1879

Socio-Economic Group:

Labourer (non-agricultural)

Occupation:

mill worker

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

[Bible]

Genre:

Bible

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

2152

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:

106

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes (New Haven, 2001), p. 106, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=2152, accessed: 02 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

See Annie Kenney, 'Memories of a Militant' (London, 1924) p.106