| Evidence: | Henry Mayhew interviews a 'London sneak or common thief':
"On Sunday evenings the only books read were such as 'Jack Sheppard', 'Dick Turpin' and the 'Newgate Calendar', they got out of the neighbouring libraries by depositing 1s. These were read with much interest; the lodgers would sooner have these than any other books." |
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| Century: | 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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| Reader: | anon |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
| Occupation: | cheap john/ ballad singer/ thief |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | n/a |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
other inmates of low lodging house |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | |
| Title: | Newgate Calendar |
| Genre: | Fiction, History, Law |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book, Serial / periodical |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | Borrowed (circulating library) borrowed library |
| Record ID: | 1301 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Henry Mayhew | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | London Labour and the London Poor | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1861 | |
| Vol: | 4 | |
| Page: | 302 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor (London, 1861), 4, p. 302, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1301, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
| reader and listener; taken in turns |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 27th Apr 2016 3:15pm (GMT)