| Evidence: | 'A young man sat in the corner of another cell with his cheek leaning on his hand and his elbow resting on the table. He appeared to be absorbed reading. The labour machine stood beside him, with the handle pointing upwards, as if he were exhausted, and was recruiting his strength, by taking a glance at some book which interested him.' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1860 and 31 Dec 1862 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | daytime | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London specific address: Wandsworth Prison other location: in his cell |
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| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Type of Experience (Listener): |
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| Reader: | anon |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
| Occupation: | prisoner |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | n/a |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | [unknown] |
| Title: | [unknown] |
| Genre: | Unknown |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | borrowed (institution library) |
| Record ID: | 12434 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Henry Mayhew | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | The Criminal Prisons of London | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1862 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 516 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Henry Mayhew, The Criminal Prisons of London (London, 1862), p. 516, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12434, accessed: 23 April 2024 | |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 27th Apr 2016 3:15pm (GMT)