Record Number: 6081

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

"William Carleton got the perusal of Gil Blas from a 'pedlar, who carried books about for sale, with a variety of other goods'."

Century:

1800-1849, 1850-1899

Date:

unknown

Country:

Ireland

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

William Carleton

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

Roman Catholic

Country of Origin:

Ireland

Country of Experience:

Ireland

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Alain-Rene Le Sage

Title:

Gil Blas

Genre:

Fiction, Unknown

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

6081

Source:

Print

Author:

J. R. R. Adams

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The Printed Word and the Common Man: Popular Culture in Ulster 1700-1900

Place of Publication:

Belfast

Date of Publication:

1987

Vol:

n/a

Page:

29

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

J. R. R. Adams, The Printed Word and the Common Man: Popular Culture in Ulster 1700-1900, (Belfast, 1987), p. 29, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=6081, accessed: 03 October 2024

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Additional Comments:

Quotation from William Carleton, The Life of William Carleton (2 vols, London, 1896) 1:125.