Record Number: 1268
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Henry Mayhew interviews a fancy cabinet-maker "...one elderly and very intelligent man, a first rate artisan in skill, told me he had been so reduced in the world by the underselling of slop masters , that though in his youth he could take in the 'News' and 'Examiner' papers (each he believed 9d at the time, but was not certain), he could afford, and enjoyed, no reading when I saw him last autumn, beyond the book-leaves in which he received his quarter of cheese, his small piece of bacon or fresh meat, or his saveloys; and his wife schemed to go to the shops who 'wrapped up their things from books', in order that he might have something to read after his day's work."
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jan 1800 and 31 Dec 1840
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London
Type of Experience(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:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:fancy cabinet maker
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:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Examiner
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Ephemera
Form of Text:Print: Broadsheet, Newspaper, Serial / periodical
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:1268
Source:Henry Mayhew
Editor:n/a
Title:London Labour and the London Poor
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1861
Vol:2
Page:114
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, (London, 1861), 2, p. 114, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=1268, accessed: 14 September 2024
Additional Comments:
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