Audio recording: Dickens recalls his time as a parliamentary reporter
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Title
Audio recording: Dickens recalls his time as a parliamentary reporter
Subject
shorthand reporting
parliament
Description
Reading of an extract from Dickens's 1865 ‘Speech to the Newspaper Press Fund’, in which he describes his experiences of parliamentary reporting
Creator
Gerrard, Dominic
Date
2023
Rights
You may use this recording in accordance with the license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Credit: Dominic Gerrard
Language
English
Identifier
Dickens the Parliamentary Reporter.wav
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Duration
0:27
Transcription
Title: Dickens recalls his time as a parliamentary reporter
Transcription: I have worn my knees by writing on them on the old back row of the old gallery of the old House of Commons; and I have worn my feet by standing to write in a preposterous pen in the old House of Lords, where we used to be huddled together like so many sheep […] kept in waiting, say, until the woolsack might want re-stuffing.
Transcription: I have worn my knees by writing on them on the old back row of the old gallery of the old House of Commons; and I have worn my feet by standing to write in a preposterous pen in the old House of Lords, where we used to be huddled together like so many sheep […] kept in waiting, say, until the woolsack might want re-stuffing.
Collection
Citation
Gerrard, Dominic, “Audio recording: Dickens recalls his time as a parliamentary reporter,” The Dickens Code, accessed July 14, 2025, https://dickenscode.omeka.net/items/show/14.