Record Number: 32414
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'The book of my boyhood was, however, the "Pilgrim's Progress", a beautiful edition of which was given me by a paternal uncle. I used to read it from morning to night, and could not but believe the pilgrimage to be a real one, and often wished my mother to set out, with me and my sister, upon the journey. She endeavoured to explain that it set forth the pilgrimage through this world to a better; but I could not understand how it could be, and longed to visit the House Beautiful, and even to brave the lions, and the grim fangs of Apollyon. This book it was that early awakened my imaginative powers.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1817 and 1827
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Kettering
county: Northamptonshire
(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:Child (0-17)
Gender:n/a
Date of Birth:1812
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:Velvet weaver
Religion:Baptist
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Pilgrim's Progress
Genre:Other religious, Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:32414
Source:John Leatherland
Editor:n/a
Title:Essays and Poems, with a Brief Autobiographical Memoir
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1862
Vol:n/a
Page:4-5
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
John Leatherland, Essays and Poems, with a Brief Autobiographical Memoir, (London, 1862), p. 4-5, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32414, accessed: 25 April 2024
Additional Comments:
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