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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