Evidence: | 'I suffered very much in that shop through all the summer months. At that time we went to live at Malmaison and it was heartrending to think of George and Alfred [reader's brothers] playing Scouts and Indians in the park there whilst I sat hidden away in a musty corner behind the cash desk, in semi darkness near the hot irons, crouched on a small stool for days on end in the ?dead season? with nothing to do. Outside the rue Castiglione flamed in broiling sun. I spent the time reading so called ?penny dreadfuls?: Deadwood Dick, Buffalo Bill and others. In my murky corner I lived many perilous adventures and many hair-raising escapes.
I was the hero and so forgot to grow lachrymal. This was the beginning of my literary education and my first taste for books. My crowning moment was when I succeeded in winning a Sunday school first prize, R. L. Stevenson?s ?Treasure Island?'.
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
Country: | France | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Paris | ||||||||||
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Reader: | Arthur Vanson |
Age | Child (0-17) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 16 Dec 1884 |
Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
Occupation: | shop clerk |
Religion: | Church of England |
Country of origin: | Born in Paris, British national |
Country of experience: | France |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | unknown |
Title: | [penny dreadfuls] |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 13964 | |
Source - | Manuscript | |
Author: | Arthur Vanson | |
Title: | MS Diary 1917 | |
Location: | private collection | |
Call no: | MS Diary 1917 | |
Page/folio: | n/a |
Citation: | Arthur Vanson, MS Diary 1917 private collection, p. MS Diary 1917, p. n/a, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=13964, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
This material Copyright Andrew Neill Vanson Moore, and Shirley Frances Gould-Smith. |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 27th Apr 2016 3:15pm (GMT)