| Evidence: | 'Children's Papers could lead readers to great literature in more direct ways. As Willis noted, "Union Jack" serialised abridgements of Walter Scott novels, with more sensational titles, and the "Chatterbox Christmas Annual" for 1890 introduced him to Dr Johnson'. |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 1890 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London | ||||||||||
| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Type of Experience (Listener): |
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| Reader: | Frederick Willis |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
| Occupation: | hatmaker |
| 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: | n/a |
| Title: | Chatterbox Christmas Annual |
| Genre: | Fiction, Children's Lit |
| Form of Text: | Print: Serial / periodical |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 4975 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Jonathan Rose | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes | |
| Place of Publication: | New Haven | |
| Date of Publication: | 2001 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 368 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes (New Haven, 2001), p. 368, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=4975, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
| See Frederick Willis, '101 Jubilee Road: A Book of London Yesterdays' (London, 1948) pp. 109-10. |
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