Record Number: 29101

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'In a mill town in the late 1840's, a group of girl operatives met at five o'clock in the morning to read Shakespeare for an hour before going to work.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

unknown

Country:

UK

Time

morning: 5-6 AM

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:

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Labourer (non-agricultural)

Occupation:

Mill worker

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

UK

Country of Experience:

UK

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

William Shakespeare

Title:

n/a

Genre:

Drama

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

29101

Source:

Print

Author:

Richard Altick

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The English Common Reader: A Social History of the Mass Reading Public, 1800-1900

Place of Publication:

Columbus, OH

Date of Publication:

1998

Vol:

n/a

Page:

243

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Richard Altick, The English Common Reader: A Social History of the Mass Reading Public, 1800-1900, (Columbus, OH, 1998), p. 243, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29101, accessed: 26 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None