Record Number: 3608

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Not long ago I happened to call at the railway carter, and found the wife of the man engaged in reading George Eliots' 'Adam Bede'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1904 and 31 Dec 1904

Country:

England

Time

daytime: day

Place:

location in dwelling: home

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

anon

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Labourer (non-agricultural)

Occupation:

wife of railway carter

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

Railway Carter's Wife

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Text Being Read:

Author:

George Eliot

Title:

Adam Bede

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

3608

Source:

Print

Author:

Charles E.B. Russel

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Manchester Boys: sketches of Manchester lads at work and play.

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1905

Vol:

n/a

Page:

43

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Charles E.B. Russel, Manchester Boys: sketches of Manchester lads at work and play., (London, 1905), p. 43, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3608, accessed: 30 April 2025

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Additional Comments:

None