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Record 6581

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
[Smith describes evening activities while working as the private printer of Dr D.] 'By the middle of March 1831, I had completed the first volume, amounting to above four hundred pages, of the Doctor's book. So far as I was capable of finding, it was an admirable work, profound in thought, simple in style, and full of matter, though somewhat disfigured by virulent remarks upon Methodism and Dissent in all forms.'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 1 Oct 1830 and 31 Mar 1831
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: other location: Employer's house
   
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:Charles Manby Smith
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 1804
Socio-economic group: Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation: Printer / compositor
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: Dr D
Title: [manuscript of his book]
Genre: Other religious
Form of Text: Manuscript: manuscript of book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: borrowed (private library)
from his employer, Dr D.

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 6581  
Source - Print  
  Author: Charles Manby Smith
  Editor: n/a
  Title: The working man's way in the world
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1857
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 146
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Charles Manby Smith, The working man's way in the world (London, 1857), p. 146, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=6581, accessed: 19 April 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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