| Evidence: | 'he swapped and shared books, especially Billy Bunter stories. ("[Bunter's] roars and squeaks of anguish were constantly imitated then and for years after", says Sutton; "Philip seemed to identify with Bunter up to a point.")' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1930 and 1 Aug 1939 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Coventry | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Philip Larkin |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 9 Aug 1922 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | later librarian and poet |
| 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 |
| Author: | Frank Richards |
| Title: | [Billy Bunter stories] |
| Genre: | Children's Lit |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned owned, shared and swapped |
| Record ID: | 20221 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Andrew Motion | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Philip Larkin. A Writer's Life | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1993 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 21 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Andrew Motion, Philip Larkin. A Writer's Life (London, 1993), p. 21, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=20221, accessed: 20 April 2024 | |
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