| Evidence: | 'I have heard, too, that several workmen in shops adjacent to Sutherland's library arranged with him for a reading of "The Heart of Midlothian" and "Rob Roy", one of the men reading the book aloud to his comrades.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1837 and 31 Dec 1837 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Edinburgh | ||||||||||
| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Type of Experience (Listener): |
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| Reading Group: | workmen |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
| Occupation: | Workmen in shops |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | n/a |
| Country of experience: | Scotland |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Workmen from shops on Calton Street, Edinburgh |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Walter Scott |
| Title: | Rob Roy |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | borrowed (other) library |
| Record ID: | 8251 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | James Glass Bertram | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Some memories of books, authors and events | |
| Place of Publication: | Westminster | |
| Date of Publication: | 1893 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 104 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | James Glass Bertram, Some memories of books, authors and events (Westminster, 1893), p. 104, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=8251, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
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