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Richard Church
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Johann Wyss : The Swiss Family Robinson
'I read the whole of Swiss Family Robinson, and was not deterred by the bloodstain which had obliterated half the print on a page in the middle of the book, at the point where Ernest fitted retractable blinkers to the ostrich, so that he could guid to to right or left while seated on its back, riding the whirlwind. I read the book four times before venturing further.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Richard Church Print: Book
: The Daily Chronicle
'The new faculty had to be fed, however, and my eye fastened on all printed matter. I read passages in the Daily Chronicle which had just replaced the Daily Mail in our home, as a result of my father's increasing rancour towards the governing class ...'