Record Number: 23070
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Dec 1816 - Fry recommences visits to Newgate prison: 'On her second visit, she was, at her own request, left alone amongst the women for some hours, and on that occasion, she read to them the parable of the Lord in the vineyard, in the 20th chapter of St Matthew; and made a few observations on the eleventh hour, and on Christ having come to save sinners, even those who might be said to have wasted the greater part of their lives estranged from Him. Some asked who Christ was; others feared that their day of salvation was passed.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Dec 1816 and 31 Dec 1816
Country:England
Timedaytime
Place:city: London
specific address: Newgate Gaol
other location: prison
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
passive reactive unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:21 May 1780
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:wife of merchant
Religion:Quaker
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
female prisoners
Additional Comments:
nee Gurney
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Bible (New Testament)
Genre:Bible
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:23070
Source:Elizabeth Fry
Editor:Katharine Fry
Title:Memoir of Elizabeth Fry, with extracts from her Journal and letters, edited by two of her daughters
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1847
Vol:1
Page:259
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Elizabeth Fry, Katharine Fry (ed.), Memoir of Elizabeth Fry, with extracts from her Journal and letters, edited by two of her daughters, (London, 1847), 1, p. 259, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=23070, accessed: 18 April 2024
Additional Comments:
None
