Evidence: | On publication of illustrated edition of Chambers's Encyclopedia in 1906: "G. K. Chesterton did not need the incentive of illustrations ... [he] had already 'read whole volues of Chambers's Encyclopedia ...'" |
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Century: | 1850-1899, 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
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Reader: | Gilbert Keith Chesterton |
Age | Unknown |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 1874 |
Socio-economic group: | Unknown/NA |
Occupation: | unknown |
Religion: | unknown |
Country of origin: | unknown |
Country of experience: | unknown |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
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Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | |
Title: | Chambers's Encyclopedia |
Genre: | Reference / General works |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 3137 | |
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Author: | Philp Waller | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918 | |
Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
Date of Publication: | 2006 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 67 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Philp Waller, Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918 (Oxford, 2006), p. 67, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=3137, accessed: 02 May 2024 |
Quotation from Maisie Ward, Return to Chesterton (1952) 15. |
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