Record Number: 1288
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Henry Mayhew interviews a 'vagrant' of 18 years of age: "Of a night ...we'd read stories about Jack Sheppard and Dick Turpin, and all through that set. They were large thick books, borrowed from the library. They told how they used to break open the houses, and get out of Newgate, and how Dick got away to York. We used to think Jack and them very fine fellows. I wished I could be like Jack (I did then), about the blankets in his escape, and that old house in West-street -it is a ruin still."
Century:1800-1849, 1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Jan 1850 and 31 Dec 1859
Country:England
Timeevening
Place:city: London
other location: low lodging house
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
passive reactive unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Listener: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Labourer (non-agricultural)
Occupation:vagrant
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:n/a
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
young men accommodated in the low lodging house
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Rookwood
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (public library)
borrowed library
Source Information:
Record ID:1288
Source:Henry Mayhew
Editor:n/a
Title:London Labour and the London Poor
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1861
Vol:3
Page:383
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, (London, 1861), 3, p. 383, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=1288, accessed: 11 September 2024
Additional Comments:
could be listener or reader; unsure, but entered here as listener with other listeners
