| Evidence: | Henry Mayhew interviews a 'vagrant' of 18 years of age:
"Of a night some one would now and then read hymns, out of books they sold about the streets -I'm sure they were hymns; or else we'd read stories about Jack Sheppard and Dick Turpin, and all through that set..." |
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| Century: | 1800-1849, 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1850 and 31 Dec 1859 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London other location: low lodging house |
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| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Type of Experience (Listener): |
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| Listener: | anon |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
| Occupation: | vagrant |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | n/a |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
young men accommodated in the low lodging house |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | |
| Title: | n/a |
| Genre: | Other religious |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book, Pamphlet, religious tracts sold in streets containing hymns |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | reading group |
| Record ID: | 1286 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Henry Mayhew | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | London Labour and the London Poor | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1861 | |
| Vol: | 3 | |
| Page: | 383 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor (London, 1861), 3, p. 383, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1286, accessed: 26 April 2024 | |
| could be listener or reader; unsure, but entered here as listener with other listeners |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 27th Apr 2016 3:15pm (GMT)