The Penny magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
Charles Knight
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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) (1 hr 17 min)
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| Reading for All | 5:06 | Leído por Larry Wilson |
| Charing Cross | 5:12 | Leído por David Lawrence |
| Van Diemen's Land | 9:59 | Leído por Beeswaxcandle |
| The Antiquity of Beer | 3:31 | Leído por Anthony Will |
| Fair Play | 4:19 | Leído por Phil Schempf |
| The Zoological Gardens | 4:28 | Leído por Beeswaxcandle |
| The Week | 6:59 | Leído por SilasF |
| Excellence Not Limited by Station | 4:26 | Leído por Phil Schempf |
| Isaac Ashford | 9:23 | Leído por Brize C |
| A Quaint Sermon | 5:09 | Leído por mleigh |
| A Description of Poland | 15:00 | Leído por Brize C |
| A Postscript to our First Readers | 3:52 | Leído por Larry Wilson |