The penny magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, issue 2
The Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge was published in competition to Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, which started two months earlier. Costing just one penny, it was aimed at the working class and needed broad circulation in order to survive. Initially successful, its content proved to miss the mark and be of more interest to the upper classes and folded after a couple of years. Its format was to offer short essays on a variety of topics the paternalistic publisher deemed important to its readership. This was the second edition. - Summary by LynneT
Genre(s): Essays & Short Works
Language: English
Group: Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
| Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play 01 | Pompeii | SilasF |
00:06:46 |
| Play 02 | Van Diemen's land (continued from our last) | Beeswaxcandle |
00:14:52 |
| Play 03 | Lost Camel | Lauren Fontaine |
00:04:38 |
| Play 04 | British Animals | Larry Wilson |
00:07:52 |
| Play 05 | The Week | David Lawrence |
00:07:50 |
| Play 06 | The British Museum | BettyB |
00:10:16 |
| Play 07 | Poesie | Larry Wilson |
00:05:35 |
| Play 08 | On the choice of a Laboring Man's Dwelling | SilasF |
00:10:31 |