Record Number: 5010
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'As Cornish carpenter George Smith had little access to libraries, he "read every sort of book that came in my way" - novels, history, biblical criticism. He particularly liked mathematics because it was slow reading: "A treatise on algebra or geometry, which cost but a very few shillings, afforded me matter for close study for a year".'
Century:1800-1849
Date:unknown
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:county: Cornwall
Type of Experience(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:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:1800
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:carpenter
Religion:n/a
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:[novels]
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:5010
Source: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:372
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes, (New Haven, 2001), p. 372, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5010, accessed: 09 November 2024
Additional Comments:
See George Smith, 'The Autobiography of George Smith LL.D, 1800-1868' (London, 1923) pp.15-16