Reading [ Reading & Writing ]
… effects more often than not resonated in sociable interactions, such as letter writing, coffee house discussions or club meetings. In some cases, the shared social aspect of reading was so strong that it easily dominated over the individual … practice of reading, as suggested by the 1788 satirical poem ‘The Country Book Club’ authored by Charles Shillito: Thus, meeting to dispute, to fight, to plead, To smoke, to drink—do anything but read— The club—with stagg’ring steps, yet …
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