Record Number: 6082

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

J. R. R. Adams quotes at length from William Carleton's account (in his autobiography) of first reading Amoranda, or the reformed coquette, when young, "'the first thing in the shape of a novel that ever came into my hands. It was published as a pamphlet, but how I came by it I don't recollect' [rest of account devoted to retelling plot of story] ... "Carleton actually shed tears when he had finished it, out of sheer disappointment that there was no more."

Century:

1800-1849, 1850-1899

Date:

unknown

Country:

Ireland

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:

William Carleton

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

Roman Catholic

Country of Origin:

Ireland

Country of Experience:

Ireland

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Amoranda, or the reformed coquette

Genre:

Fiction, Unknown

Form of Text:

Print: Pamphlet

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

6082

Source:

Print

Author:

J. R. R. Adams

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The Printed Word and the Common Man: Popular Culture in Ulster 1700-1900

Place of Publication:

Belfast

Date of Publication:

1987

Vol:

n/a

Page:

67-68

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

J. R. R. Adams, The Printed Word and the Common Man: Popular Culture in Ulster 1700-1900, (Belfast, 1987), p. 67-68, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=6082, accessed: 01 June 2024

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Additional Comments:

Quotation from William Carleton, The Life of William Carleton (2 vols, London, 1896) 1:74-6.