Australian Readers Remember: An Oral History of Reading, 1890-1930

Based on interviews with sixty elderly Australians. Contents: Introduction : a social history of reading The Oral archive Traditional literacy: the reading we have lost General fiction: 'Enriching the rest' The Poetry generation Newspapers and magazines The Liquorice years: children as readers Non-fiction Libraries, bookshops and other alternatives Schools of arts : improving literature and the readers' revenge Reading and the workplace Pride and prejudice : some myths about readers Under brown wrappers : illicit and unsuitable reading Family culture, consumer culture.