Edgar S Werner The American Publisher and Printer
19th century printer, publisher, editor and pioneer in elocution and speech correction who founded the influential journal "The Voice'. How Werner was connected to Kerala? During 1950s and 60s The Kerala State School Curriculam heavily integrated classic British literature for its English language and non-detailed text requirements. Abridged versions of novels by Charles Dickens (David Copperfield, and Oliver Twist) along with plays of Shakespeare were staples in highschool forms. The specific story of the accentric carrier Barkis proposing to David's nurse Peggotty through the little David via the message " Barkis is willing" was a widely used comedic chapter in Indian secondary school English readers across the various states throughout the mid-to-late 20th century. I searched the net and found the text published by Edgar S Werner. But the teacher who took the class went beyond the text. Because of his teaching influence, I later got an unabridged c...