| Evidence: | 'I had been made the more anxious to get some spare time, because several books which I had not before seen now fall in my way. This was through the courtesy of my young master whose kindly feelings I have already noticed. He now gave me free acess to his little library, in which were Enfield's "Speaker", Goldsmith's "Geography", an abridged "History of Rome", a "History of England", Thomson's "Seasons", "The Citizen of the World", "The Vicar of Wakefield", and some other books the titles of which I do not now remember. These books furnished me with a large amount of amusing and instructive reading.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Apr 1805 and 31 Dec 1807 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | morning: before work | ||||||||||
| Place: | other location: at home | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Thomas Carter |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 5 Jul 1792 |
| Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
| Occupation: | Apprentice tailor |
| 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: | [unknown] |
| Title: | History of England |
| Genre: | History |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | borrowed (private library) Borrowed from master |
| Record ID: | 7402 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Thomas Carter | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Memoirs of a Working Man | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1845 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 74-5 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Thomas Carter, Memoirs of a Working Man (London, 1845), p. 74-5, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=7402, accessed: 22 May 2013 | |
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