Record Number: 8222
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'the diverse collection of literature that Christopher Thomson, a sometime shipwright, actor and housepainter, worked his way through [...] included adventure stories such as "Robinson Crusoe" and the imitative "Philip Quarll", books of travel, such as Boyle's "Travels", some un-named religious tracts, a number of "classics" including Milton and Shakespeare, some radical newspapers, particularly Cobbett's "Register" and Wooller's "Black Dwarf", mechanics' magazines, and some occasional items of contemporary literature, including the novels of Scott and the poetry of Byron.'
Century:1700-1799, 1800-1849
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Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Unknown
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:novels
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
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ProvenanceBorrowed (circulating library)
Source Information:
Record ID:8222
Source:David Vincent
Editor:n/a
Title:Bread, Knowledge and Freedom: A Study of Nineteenth-Century Working-Class Autobiography
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1981
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Page:118-19
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Citation:
David Vincent, Bread, Knowledge and Freedom: A Study of Nineteenth-Century Working-Class Autobiography, (London, 1981), p. 118-19, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=8222, accessed: 04 December 2024
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