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Record 2151

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
I adhered steadily to the practice I had adopted and read for two or three hours every night after the business of the day was closed, which never happened till half past nine o'clock.
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 1 Jan 1801 and 31 Dec 1801
Country: England
Time: evening: between 9:30pm and midnight
Place: city: London
specific address: 16 Charing Cross
location in dwelling: home
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader:Francis Place
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 3 Nov 1771
Socio-economic group: Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation: tailor
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author:
Title: n/a
Genre: n/a
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 2151  
Source - Print  
  Author: Francis Place
  Editor: Mary Thale
  Title: The Autobiography of Francis Place (1771-1854)
  Place of Publication: Cambridge
  Date of Publication: 1972
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 218
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Francis Place, Mary Thale (ed.), The Autobiography of Francis Place (1771-1854) (Cambridge, 1972), p. 218, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=2151, accessed: 29 March 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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