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Frederick Rogers

 

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 : [Bible]

'When young, Frederick Rogers read not only the Bible as a thriler ("the men and women of the sacred books were as familiar to me as the men and women of Alexander Dumas"), but also Pilgrim's Progress: "There is a dark street yet in East London along which I have run with beating heart lest I should meet any of the evil things Bunyan so vividly described".'

Century: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: Frederick Rogers      Print: Book

  

John Bunyan : Pilgrim's Progress

'When young, Frederick Rogers read not only the Bible as a thriller ("the men and women of the sacred books were as familiar to me as the men and women of Alexander Dumas"), but also Pilgrim's Progress: "There is a dark street yet in East London along which I have run with beating heart lest I should meet any of the evil things Bunyan so vividly described".'

Century: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: Frederick Rogers      Print: Book

  

Alexandre Dumas : 

'When young, Frederick Rogers read not only the Bible as a thriller ("the men and women of the sacred books were as familiar to me as the men and women of Alexander Dumas"), but also Pilgrim's Progress: "There is a dark street yet in East London along which I have run with beating heart lest I should meet any of the evil things Bunyan so vividly described".'

Century: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: Frederick Rogers      Print: Book

  

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe : Faust

'Bookbinder Frederick Rogers read Faust "through from beginning to end, not because I was able at sixteen to appreciate Goethe, but because I was interested in the Devil". Moving on to Don Quixote, "I did not realise its greatness till long after; but its stories of adventure and its romance and humour appealed to me strongly enough".'

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: Frederick Rogers      Print: Book

  

Miguel de Cervantes : Don Quixote

'Bookbinder Frederick Rogers read Faust "through from beginning to end, not because I was able at sixteen to appreciate Goethe, but because I was interested in the Devil". Moving on to Don Quixote, "I did not realise its greatness till long after; but its stories of adventure and its romance and homour appealed to me strongly enough".'

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: Frederick Rogers      Print: Book

 

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