Evidence: | 'I read the Bible because in my humble opinion it is one of the most difficult books in the language to read correctly, as many parsons would do well to realise; sermons, Bampton and Gifford lectures, lectures on art, drama, history, science and philosophy, and also speeches by the acknowledged masters of oratory... For what? Nothing!' |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Reader: | Stuart Wood [pseud?] |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 27 Feb 1885 |
Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
Occupation: | son of master craftsman, but habitual criminal |
Religion: | family Methodist but becomes athiest |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | [unknown] |
Title: | [sermons] |
Genre: | Sermon |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 12661 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Stuart Wood | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Shades of the prison house: A personal memoir | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1932 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 107 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Stuart Wood, Shades of the prison house: A personal memoir (London, 1932), p. 107, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12661, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
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