| Evidence: | 'When the seventeen-year-old seaman entered Mr Pratt's bookstore on Sixth Avenue near Greenwich Avenue, he bought his first volume of Sir Thomas Malory's Morete d'Arthur; with this he began his career of serious reading as well as his devotion to pre-Renaissance English literature' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1895 and 31 Dec 1895 | ||||||||||
| Country: | United States of America | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: New York | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | John Masefield |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1 Jun 1878 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | later a poet |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | United States of America |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Thomas Malory |
| Title: | Morte d'Arthur |
| Genre: | Fiction, legend |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 5759 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Sanford Sternlicht | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | John Masefield | |
| Place of Publication: | Boston | |
| Date of Publication: | 1977 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 25 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Sanford Sternlicht, John Masefield (Boston, 1977), p. 25, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=5759, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
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