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the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1800-1849witness statement in trial for murder: Henry Bracken: "I caused hom to be apprehended. I read the description of him in the newspaper and caused him to be taken up"Henry Bracken  Print: Newspaper
1800-1849witness statement in trial for deception/forgery: John Dougan: "I was going to the West Indies, in pursuance of that my business. I had occasion for an interpreter; I ...Anthony McKenrott  Print: Newspaper
1800-1849witness statement in trial for theft: Michael McNally: "Jack brought a newspaper to me, and read a statement that Cooper was apprehended upon this, and he said that Me...John (Jack) Winter  Print: Newspaper
1800-1849witness statement in trial for theft: George Nash: "I was never in the house before... I only staid while I drank my beer -I looked at the newspaper. I was not there a...George Nash  Print: Newspaper
1850-1899'By age fourteen Durham collier Jack Lawson... would find... emancipation at the Boldon Miners' Institute... "And didn't I follow the literary trail, once I found it. Lik...Jack Lawson Walter Scott Print: Book
1800-1849'Mary has been reading to us (I stopped writing to hear it) the account of the death of Mr. Pitt - happy for him that he had died at this time!'Mary Wordsworth  Print: Newspaper
1800-1849John Wilson Croker to the Rev. George Croly, 28 November 1816: 'Though I have little time to read poetry,and notwithstanding all the charms of fashion, I read more o...John Wilson Croker Alexander Pope Print: Book
1850-1899I have been reading in my Boat?Virgil, Juvenal, and Wesley?s Journal. Do you know the last? one of the most interesting Books, I think, in the Language. It is curious t...Edward Fitzgerald Virgil Print: Book
1850-1899I have been reading in my Boat?Virgil, Juvenal, and Wesley?s Journal. Do you know the last? one of the most interesting Books, I think, in the Language. It is curious t...Edward Fitzgerald Juvenal Print: Book
1800-1849Henry Mayhew interviews a long-song seller: to sell ballads he not only cries their titles, but also sings the songs he has for sale in print. "I sometimes begin with ...anon  Print: Broadsheet, broadside ballads
1800-1849Henry Mayhew interviews a running patterer -seller of broadsheets mainly dealing with crime and breaking news, sometimes also 'cocks' or fiction. Patterer's seeling techn...anon  Print: Broadsheet
1800-1849Henry Mayhew interviews a 'cheap John': "From selling the printed songs, I imbibed a wish to learn to read, and, with the assistance of an old soldier, I soon acquired s...anon  Print: Broadsheet, broadside ballads
1800-1849
1850-1899		Henry Mayhew interviews a blind female seller of 'small wares', the conversation turns to her younger son: "My youngest son -he's now fourteen -is asthmatical; but he'...anon  Print: Book, Broadsheet, Serial / periodical, penny book
1800-1849Henry Mayhew interviews an "aristocratic" crossing sweeper of Cavendish-square: "There was the Earl of Gainsborough as I should like you to mention as well, please sir...Billy ?  Print: Pamphlet, religious tract
1800-1849
1850-1899		Henry Mayhew interviews a crossing sweeper: "Sometimes, after I get home, I read a book, if I can borrow one. What do I read? Well, novels, when I can get them. What d...  Print: Book, Serial / periodical, novels
1800-1849Henry Mayhew interviews a female crossing sweeper: "When my sight was better I used to be very partial to reading; but I can't see the print now, sir. I used to read t...Mary  Print: Newspaper
1800-1849Henry Mayhew interviews a female crossing sweeper: "When my sight was better I used to be very partial to reading; but I can't see the print now, sir. I used to read t...Mary  Print: Book, story books
1800-1849
1850-1899		Henry Mayhew interviews a penny mouse-trap maker (cripple): "I found books often lull my pain... I can't afford them no, for I have no wish to incur any extraneous exp...anon William Shakespeare Print: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		Henry Mayhew interviews a penny mouse-trap maker (cripple): "I found books often lull my pain... I can't afford them no, for I have no wish to incur any extraneous exp...anon  Print: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		Henry Mayhew interviews a 'vagrant' of 18 years of age: "Of a night some one would now and then read hymns, out of books they sold about the streets -I'm sure they wer...anon  Print: Book, Pamphlet, religious tracts sold in streets containing hymns


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