Record Number: 8259
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
The nineteenth-century cabinet maker William Lovett on the development of his literary and intellectual interests after joining 'The Liberals', a literary and debating association, during a period of residence in London: '"I [...] became seized with an enthusiastic desire to read and treasure up all I could meet with on the subject of Christianity [...] often have I sat up till morning dawned reading and preparing myself with arguments [for use at Liberals meetings] in support of its principles."'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jan 1821 and 31 Dec 1839
Country:England
Timen/anight
Place:city: London
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:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:1800
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:Cabinet maker
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:texts on Christian religion
Genre:Other religious
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:8259
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
Vol:n/a
Page:135
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
David Vincent, Bread, Knowledge and Freedom: A Study of Nineteenth-Century Working Class Autobiography (London, 1981), p. 135, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=8259, accessed: 02 May 2024
Additional Comments:
Quotation from William Lovett, Life and Struggles of Wiliam Lovett In his Pursuit of Bread, Knowledge & Freedom, with some short Account of the different Associations he belonged to & of the Opinions he entertained (London, 1876) p.35.
