| Evidence: | Henry Mayhew interviews a crossing sweeper:
"Sometimes, after I get home, I read a book, if I can borrow one. What do I read? Well, novels, when I can get them. What did I read last night? Well, Reynolds's Miscellany; before that I read the Pilgrim's Progress. I have read it three times over; but there's always something new in it." |
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| Century: | 1800-1849, 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1840 and 31 Dec 1859 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening: after work | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London location in dwelling: at his lodgings |
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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: | crossing sweeper |
| Religion: | Church of England |
| 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: | G.W.M. Reynolds |
| Title: | Reynolds's Miscellany |
| Genre: | Fiction, Ephemera |
| Form of Text: | Print: Serial / periodical |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | borrowed (other) |
| Record ID: | 1274 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Henry Mayhew | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | London Labour and the London Poor | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1861 | |
| Vol: | 2 | |
| Page: | 474 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor (London, 1861), 2, p. 474, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1274, accessed: 18 April 2024 | |
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