| Evidence: | ?We even formed a magazine club ? purchasing periodicals, reading them in turn, and then distributing them among the members. Thackeray?s "Virginians" and Dickens?s "Little Dorrit" were, I recollect, among the serials for which we subscribed.? |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1850 and 31 Dec 1859 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London other location: office in Fleet Street |
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| Reading Group: | William Adams and colleagues at the office of the 'Illustrated Times' |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
| Occupation: | apprentices, printers, compositors at work on this newspaper |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | n/a |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
The serials may have been read at work to members of the subscription group as well as/ instead of being taken away from the office. |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | William Thackeray |
| Title: | Virginians |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Serial / periodical |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | reading group |
| Record ID: | 7370 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | William Edwin Adams | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Memoirs of a Social Atom | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1903 | |
| Vol: | 2 | |
| Page: | 334 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | William Edwin Adams, Memoirs of a Social Atom (London, 1903), 2, p. 334, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=7370, accessed: 18 April 2024 | |
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