Record Number: 1259
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Henry Mayhew interviews 'educated' costermongers who read fiction aloud to groups of costermongers in the courts they inhabit; long account of the comments made by illiterate costermongers when cheap serials are read to them, comments on the story lines they like, characters and illustrations; reading of G.W.M. Reynolds's "Mysteries" and Edward Lloyd's penny bloods
Century:1800-1849, 1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Jan 1840 and 31 Dec 1855
Country:England
Timeevening: summer's evening
Place:city: London
other location: in the courts they inhabit
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Labourer (non-agricultural)
Occupation:educated costermonger
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:n/a
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
family, friends, workmates, costermongers in the courts they inhabit
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[various titles published by Lloyd]
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenancereading group
Source Information:
Record ID:1259
Source:Henry Mayhew
Editor:n/a
Title:London Labour and the London Poor
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1861
Vol:1
Page:25-26
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, (London, 1861), 1, p. 25-26, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=1259, accessed: 15 October 2024
Additional Comments:
None