Record Number: 3388
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
I had also read 'Paper Bag Cookery' -one of my father's fads -because I wanted to try it. Now I saw 'The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius' in leather: it defeated me. Wordsworth and Milton at least wrote in short lines with wide margins. I moved on to a book by Hall Caine called 'The Bondman'. It appeared to be about a marriage and I noticed that the men and women talked in the dangerous adult language which I associated with 'The bad girl of the family'. 'The Bondman' also suggested a doom -the sort of doom my mother sang about which was connected with Trinity Church and owing the rent.
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 16 Dec 1910 and 1 Jan 1918
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:Child (0-17)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:16 Dec 1900
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:son of itinerant salesman
Religion:Christain
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
Genre:Classics
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsleather bound edition
Provenanceborrowed (private library)
from father's study
Source Information:
Record ID:3388
Source:V.S. Pritchett
Editor:n/a
Title:A Cab at the Door. An autobiography: early years
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1968
Vol:n/a
Page:107
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
V.S. Pritchett, A Cab at the Door. An autobiography: early years (London, 1968), p. 107, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=3388, accessed: 19 April 2024
Additional Comments:
None
