The penny magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, issue 7
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. It's format was to offer short essays on a variety of topics the paternalistic publisher deemed important to its readership. - 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 | The Cathedral of St. Paul's | BettyB |
00:13:32 |
| Play 02 | An Emigrant's Struggles (concluded from volume 6) | Brize C |
00:12:27 |
| Play 03 | The Lobster | Larry Wilson |
00:03:15 |
| Play 04 | Maternal Care of the Earwig | mleigh |
00:04:19 |
| Play 05 | The Week | SilasF |
00:06:47 |
| Play 06 | The Value of a Penny | Donald Warren |
00:10:05 |
| Play 07 | Mirabeau | Brize C |
00:10:24 |
| Play 08 | The May-Fly | Phil Schempf |
00:03:35 |
| Play 09 | High Duties and Low Duties | Brize C |
00:06:59 |