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Charles Campbell

 

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 : [travels]

'During the Napoleonic Wars, Scottish cotton-spinner Charles Campbell earned 8s. to 10s. a week, but set aside a few pennies for a subscription library, where he read history, travels and the English classics. He joined a club of twelve men, mainly artisans and mechanics, who met weekly to discuss literary topics'.

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Charles Campbell      Print: Book

  

 : [history]

'During the Napoleonic Wars, Scottish cotton-spinner Charles Campbell earned 8s. to 10s. a week, but set aside a few pennies for a subscription library, where he read history, travels and the English classics. He joined a club of twelve men, mainly artisans and mechanics, who met weekly to discuss literary topics'.

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Charles Campbell      Print: Book

  

 : [English classics]

'During the Napoleonic Wars, Scottish cotton-spinner Charles Campbell earned 8s. to 10s. a week, but set aside a few pennies for a subscription library, where he read history, travels and the English classics. He joined a club of twelve men, mainly artisans and mechanics, who met weekly to discuss literary topics'.

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Charles Campbell      Print: Book

 

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