Record Number: 7387
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'About this time I also gained the good-will of an aged woman who sold cakes, sweetmeals, and fruit, and was moreover a dealer in little books...I had even then a taste for reading which was here qualified by me being permitted to read all the little stories which she kept on sale. They were, in truth, childish trifles, but I still think of them with pleasure because they were associated in my case with many pleasant recollections.'
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between 1 Jan 1797 and 31 Dec 1799
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
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:Child (0-17)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:5 Jul 1792
Socio-Economic Group:Labourer (non-agricultural)
Occupation:Son of a soldier
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[stories]
Genre:Fiction, Children's Lit, Ephemera, Unknown
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsevidence suggests chapbooks?
Provenanceborrowed (other)
Borrowed from street vendor
Source Information:
Record ID:7387
Source:Thomas Carter
Editor:n/a
Title:Memoirs of a Working Man
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1845
Vol:n/a
Page:20
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Thomas Carter, Memoirs of a Working Man, (London, 1845), p. 20, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=7387, accessed: 27 April 2025
Additional Comments:
None