Record Number: 3860

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'In the months leading up to the First World War, C.H. Rolph learned shorthand by taking dictation as his father read from the Daily Telegraph, The Times, the Referee and John Bull. That exercise drilled into him words like the Schlieffen Plan, Entente Cordiale, the Balkans... tariff reform, passive resistance... Yet they were all meaningless to him and to other boys his age (twelve) because they were scarcely mentioned or explained in school'.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1913 and 1914

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Listener:

C.H. Rolph

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1900

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

journalist/writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

The Daily Telegraph

Genre:

n/a

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

3860

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:

220

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes (New Haven, 2001), p. 220, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=3860, accessed: 02 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

See C.H. Rolph, 'London Particulars', p.82. No further ref traceable in Rose