Evidence: | 'Readers of my generation owe a great debt of gratitude to the enterprise of Messrs. Dicks. My first introduction to great fiction dates from the publication by them of Scott's novels in threepenny paper-covered volumes, easily pocketable, when my apprenticeship, in its early days, consisted of sorting and picking - wearisome, dull, mechanical, solitary work. The appearance of "Waverley" marked an epoch. I read it and its succeeding volumes with absorbing interest, stealing at times scraps of hours which should have been devoted to my work.' |
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Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1852 and 31 Dec 1870 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: London, Spitalfields | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Thomas Okey |
Age | Child (0-17) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 1852 |
Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
Occupation: | apprentice |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Sir Walter Scott |
Title: | Waverley |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | John Dicks, threepenny paper-back edition |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 12092 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Thomas Okey | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | A basketful of memories: An autobiographical sketch | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1930 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 18 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Thomas Okey, A basketful of memories: An autobiographical sketch (London, 1930), p. 18, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12092, accessed: 19 April 2024 |
Okey probably purchased this volume |
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