| Evidence: | ?This period gave me unnumbered hours for reading, and I devoured everything that came in my way, novels, histories, travels, even "The lives of the Stoics". There was no such thing as a free library then, so enough money was scraped up for a subscription one, the first volume borrowed being Dickens?s newly published "Bleak House".? |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | other location: at work | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Thomas Catling |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 23 Sep 1838 |
| Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
| Occupation: | Apprentice compositor at newspaper (later journalist) |
| 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: | The lives of the Stoics |
| Genre: | Other religious, History, Biography |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 7740 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Thomas Catling | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | My Life's Pilgrimage | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1911 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 26 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Thomas Catling, My Life's Pilgrimage (London, 1911), p. 26, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=7740, accessed: 20 June 2013 | |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 19th Jun 2009 11:47am (GMT)