There is a fashionable modern belief that intellectual life belongs to latte drinkers and university graduates.
Jonathan Rose, in The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes, presents a less lavish alternative.
Could You Out-Read a Victorian-Era Coal Miner? (Spoiler: Probably Not)
Britain’s working class once read Milton underground. We, meanwhile, have TikTok.
It can be hard to know where to start if you're getting into classic literature. ilbusca/Getty Images
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Nicole James is a freelance journalist for The Epoch Times based in Australia. She is an award-winning short story writer, journalist, columnist, and editor. Her work has appeared in newspapers including The Sydney Morning Herald, Sun-Herald, The Australian, the Sunday Times, and the Sunday Telegraph. She holds a BA Communications majoring in journalism and two post graduate degrees, one in creative writing.
