Record Number: 17005
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Before leaving the cotton mill I had the good fortune to make my first acquaintance with the earlier works of Charles Dickens. Our manager, who was a reading man, was subscribing to periodically issued numbers of the "Pickwick Papers". He had seen me in the breakfast hour poring over the contents of a dirty rag paper, - not that the matter was dirty, - but the paper itself was oiled, and worn from its being constantly carried about in my pocket. This was "Cleave's Gazette", published weekly at a penny, a sum I managed to screw out of my threepence a fortnight "old brass".'
Century:1800-1849
Date:unknown
Country:England
Timemorning: in the breakfast hour
Place:Hollinwood
other location: at work
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Child (0-17)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:26 Jun 1825
Socio-Economic Group:Labourer (non-agricultural)
Occupation:a 'piecer' in a cotton mill, later hand-loom weaver and then writer
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Cleave's Weekly Police Gazette
Genre:Politics, Law, Ephemera
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:17005
Source:Benjamin Brierley
Editor:n/a
Title:Home Memories
Place of Publication:Bramhall
Date of Publication:2002 (1886)
Vol:n/a
Page:21
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Benjamin Brierley, Home Memories (Bramhall, 2002 (1886)), p. 21, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=17005, accessed: 19 April 2024
Additional Comments:
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