| Evidence: | 'the book that featured most prominently in [Joseph Greenwood's] memoirs was a cheap edition of Robinson Crusoe. "To me Daniel Defoe's book was a wonderful thing, it opened up a world of adventure, new countries and peoples, full of brightness and change; an unlimited expanse".' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Joseph Greenwood |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1833 |
| Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
| Occupation: | son of weavers |
| 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 |
| Author: | Daniel Defoe |
| Title: | Robinson Crusoe |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | cheap edition |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 2357 | |
| 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: | 108 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes (New Haven, 2001), p. 108, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=2357, accessed: 16 April 2024 | |
| See Joseph Greenwood, "Reminiscences of Sixty Years Ago", p.51 |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 27th Apr 2016 3:15pm (GMT)