Record Number: 1580

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Statement about juvenile offender: "attended the Independent Sunday-school three years, also the national school three years (same time). Learned to read and write. Can read and write still. He has read much since he left school; read the 'Life of Nelson' and 'Gilderoy' -a playbook, which gives an account of robberies and escaping from prison; also some story books"

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1830 and 31 Dec 1841

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

J.S.

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1824

Socio-Economic Group:

Labourer (non-agricultural)

Occupation:

juvenile offender

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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Gilderoy

Genre:

Fiction, Drama, crime

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

1580

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Information:

Parliamentary Papers, Select Committee on Criminal and Destitute Juveniles [Commons] 1852 (facsimile edn Irish University Press, Shannon, 1970), p. 423

Additional Information:

Appendix no.2: Juvenile Delinquency, Liverpool: Extract from the Sixth Report of the Inspectors of Prisons, Northern and Eastern District, 1841

Citation:

Parliamentary Papers, Select Committee on Criminal and Destitute Juveniles [Commons] 1852 (facsimile edn Irish University Press, Shannon, 1970), p. 423, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=1580, accessed: 09 September 2024

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Additional Comments:

None