| Evidence: | 'I read the whole of Swiss Family Robinson, and was not deterred by the bloodstain which had obliterated half the print on a page in the middle of the book, at the point where Ernest fitted retractable blinkers to the ostrich, so that he could guid to to right or left while seated on its back, riding the whirlwind. I read the book four times before venturing further.'
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between Feb 1900 and Apr 1900 | ||||||||||
| Country: | UK | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Richard Church |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | n/a |
| Date of Birth | 26 Mar 1893 |
| Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder Father was post office clerk. Mother primary school teacher. |
| Occupation: | In adulthood, writer and editor |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | UK |
| Country of experience: | UK |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Johann Wyss |
| Title: | The Swiss Family Robinson |
| Genre: | Fiction, Children's Lit |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | borrowed (public library) |
| Record ID: | 29378 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Richard Church | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Over the Bridge | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1955 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 96 | |
| Additional comments: | After acquiring his "first pair of spectacles" Church recounts how he became "a bookworm". |
| Citation: | Richard Church, Over the Bridge (London, 1955), p. 96, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=29378, accessed: 23 April 2024 | |
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