Evidence: | 'I'm getting on in age, I want light reading. You understand that, don't you? I don't want heavy reading. I don't want to study anything at my time of life. Perhaps I come in here two or three times a week. I'm a great reader.' |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1938 and 31 Dec 1939 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | anon |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Labourer (agricultural) |
Occupation: | n/a |
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: | Metrop Public Libraries Report, 1938-39. |
Author: | unknown |
Title: | [light readings] |
Genre: | Fiction, Biography, Geography / Travel, Sport / Leisure |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | borrowed (public library) |
Record ID: | 9959 | |
Source - | Manuscript | Other |
Author: | 'Mass-Observation's Weekly Intelligence Service' (London, 1940), p. 125, 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: | 'Mass-Observation's Weekly Intelligence Service' (London, 1940), p. 125, 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=9959, accessed: 23 April 2024 |
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