| Evidence: | 'In [Ashington Mechanics' Institute] library [Chester Armstrong] discovered a "new world", a "larger environment" in Defoe, Marryat, Fenimore Cooper, Dickens and Jules Verne.' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Ashington specific address: Mechanics' Institute Library other location: Mechanics' Institute Library |
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| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Type of Experience (Listener): |
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| Reader: | Chester Armstrong |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1868 |
| Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
| Occupation: | miner |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Charles Dickens |
| Title: | n/a |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | borrowed (institution library) Ashington Mechanics' Institute Library |
| Record ID: | 1789 | |
| Source - | ||
| 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: | 74 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes (New Haven, 2001), p. 74, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1789, accessed: 24 May 2013 | |
| See Chester Amrstrong, 'Pilgrimage from Nenthead'. |
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