| Evidence: | 'the only fiction [Robert] Roberts read as a boy was an abridged Welsh-language Robinson Crusoe' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | Wales | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | county: Denbighshire | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Robert Roberts |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1834 |
| Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
| Occupation: | farmer's son, later a scholar |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | Wales |
| Country of experience: | Wales |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Daniel Defoe |
| Title: | Robinson Crusoe |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | Welsh abridged edition |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 1971 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Jonathan Rose | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes | |
| Place of Publication: | New Haven | |
| Date of Publication: | 2001 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 96-7 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes (New Haven, 2001), p. 96-7, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1971, accessed: 16 April 2024 | |
| See W.H. Davies, ed. 'The Life and Opinions of Robert Roberts, A Wandering Scholar' (Cardiff, 1923) |
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