Record Number: 11958
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Dubliners, James Joyce. First time I read it I was not much impressed, but on reading them again I found much that I had missed. They are immensely real and intimate sketches. Whenever I feel fed up I read one of these sketches and find myself in another world - Dublin, 20 years ago. Dublin saloon bars, street children, catholic priests, and inconspicuous clerks - all ordinary people but real. The stories are slightly tinged with melancholy. That soothes me.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1940 and 31 Dec 1942
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Unknown
Gender:Unknown
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Navy officer
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Dubliners
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:11958
Source - Manuscript:Other
Author:File Report 1332, Date July 1942, BOOKS AND THE PUBLIC, p. 171, 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
File Report 1332, Date July 1942, BOOKS AND THE PUBLIC, p. 171, 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
Additional Comments:
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