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Record 10045

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'Housekeeping pupil (voluntarily) reading the paper over my shoulder yesterday morning. "I suppose Eden thought they'd go on their knees to get him not to resign. If there were many like him, there'd soon be a war".'
Century: 1900-1945
Date: Between 1 Sep 1939 and 31 Dec 1942
Country: England
Time: afternoon
Place: n/a
   
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: anon
Age Child (0-17)
Gender Unknown
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Labourer (non-agricultural)
Occupation: housekeeping pupil
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: n/a
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: [n/a]
Title: [newspaper]
Genre: Politics
Form of Text: Print: Newspaper
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: reading group
Over someone else's shoulder

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 10045  
Source - Manuscript Other
  Author: 'Britain by Mass-Observation' (Harmondsworth, 1939), p. 59, in Mass Observation Online (access to this site is restricted to purchasing institutions, please see http://www.amdigital.co.uk/collections/Mass-Observation-Online for details). http://www.massobservation.amdigital.co.uk,

Citation: 'Britain by Mass-Observation' (Harmondsworth, 1939), p. 59, in Mass Observation Online (access to this site is restricted to purchasing institutions, please see http://www.amdigital.co.uk/collections/Mass-Observation-Online for details). http://www.massobservation.amdigital.co.uk, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=10045, accessed: 24 April 2024

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