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Record 10222

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'I read the "Telegraph" reviews ... in trains and in the evening, lunch-time etc.'
Century: 1900-1945
Date: Between 1 Jan 1944 and 31 Dec 1944
Country: England
Time: afternoon
evening
daytime: lunch-time
Place: location in dwelling: at home
other location: train to/from work
   
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: anon
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Unknown/NA
Occupation: n/a
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: [n/a]
Title: Telegraph
Genre: Essays / Criticism, Reference / General works, reviews
Form of Text: Print: Newspaper
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 10222  
Source - Manuscript Other
  Author: File 2018, February 1944, Books and the Public, Notes major report on reading habits for the National Book Council, p. 25, 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,

Citation: File 2018, February 1944, Books and the Public, Notes major report on reading habits for the National Book Council, p. 25, 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, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=10222, accessed: 28 March 2024

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