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Record Number: 5676


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'after tea [W.J. Brown] would enjoy "five glorious hours of freedom" reading Darwin, Huxley and Tennyson's "In Memoriam" at the Battersea Public Library'.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

unknown

Country:

England

Time

evening: 'after tea'

Place:

city: Battersea, London
other location: Public Library

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

William John Brown

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1894

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

Post Office Savings Bank clerk, later Labour MP

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Charles Darwin

Title:

[unknown]

Genre:

Geography / Travel, Science

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ
read at Battersea Public Library


Source Information:

Record ID:

5676

Source:

Print

Author:

Jonathan Rose

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes

Place of Publication:

New Haven

Date of Publication:

2001

Vol:

n/a

Page:

407

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes (New Haven, 2001), p. 407, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=5676, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

See W.J. Brown, 'So Far', pp.49-55.

   
   
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