Record Number: 12426
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'A big sailor-looking man with red whiskers growing under his chin, advanced to the hearer's desk. Not a word was spoken as the copy-book was handed in. The prison-tutor pointed in silence to a mistake, the pupil nodded, and, on another signal, began to read aloud what he had written, "Give to every man that asketh, and of him that taketh away thy goods, ask him not again".'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Jan 1860 and 31 Dec 1862
Country:England
Timedaytime
Place:city: London
specific address: Coldbath Fields Prison
other location: in the schoolroom
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Labourer (non-agricultural)
Occupation:prisoner
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:n/a
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[unknown]
Genre:Other religious
Form of Text:Manuscript: Sheet
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (institution library)
copy book belongs to the prison
Source Information:
Record ID:12426
Source:Henry Mayhew
Editor:n/a
Title:The Criminal Prisons of London
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1862
Vol:n/a
Page:319
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Henry Mayhew, The Criminal Prisons of London, (London, 1862), p. 319, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12426, accessed: 03 November 2024
Additional Comments:
None