| Evidence: | Edward Ezard admitted that he and his friends read the Gem and Magnet for "the public school glamour". They thoroughly absorbed all the stock phrases and attitudes associated with Greyfriars, Frank Richards's mythical school.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1907 and 31 Dec 1918 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London | ||||||||||
| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Type of Experience (Listener): |
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| Reader: | Edward Ezard |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1900 |
| Socio-economic group: | Unknown/NA |
| Occupation: | n/a |
| 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: | Frank Richards |
| Title: | [stories in the Gem] |
| Genre: | Fiction, Children's Lit, Ephemera |
| Form of Text: | Print: Serial / periodical |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 4473 | |
| Source - | ||
| 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: | 323 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes (New Haven, 2001), p. 323, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=4473, accessed: 23 April 2024 | |
| See Edward Ezard, 'Battersea Boy' pp98-102. |
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