Record Number: 4584

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Since they filled those gaps [in historical and geographical knowledge], classic travel books could produce the same kind of epiphanies as other classic literature. Anson's A Voyage Round the World performed that magic for Alexander Somerville and for the Scottish turnip hoers he read it to'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

unknown

Country:

Scotland

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:

Alexander Somerville

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1811

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

Scotland

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

turnip hoers

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

George Anson

Title:

A Voyage Round the World

Genre:

Geography / Travel

Form of Text:

Print: Book, Serial / periodical

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

4584

Source:

Print

Author:

Jonathan Rose

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes

Place of Publication:

New Haven

Date of Publication:

2001

Vol:

n/a

Page:

349

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes, (New Haven, 2001), p. 349, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4584, accessed: 08 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

See Alexander Somerville, 'Autobiography' pp92-3. No further ref traceable in Rose notes