Record Number: 27266
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Another [woman prisoner] read and re-read "Uncle Tom's Cabin," till she must have known by heart every incident of that famous work. She was partial to telling the story to those women who were unable to read; and she would relate with such animation the villainies and atrocities of Legree, that considerable virtuous indignation would be aroused in the breasts of her listeners. "What an awful wretch that man must have been!" was the remark made on that personage, by a woman suffering a long sentence for the cold-blooded murder of her child.'
Century:1800-1849, 1850-1899
Date:Until: 31 Dec 1862
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:other location: prison
Type of Experience(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:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Unknown/NA
Occupation:prisoner
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:unknown
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
a female prisoner
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Uncle Tom's Cabin
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (institution library)
presumably borrowed from prison library
Source Information:
Record ID:27266
Source:n/a
Editor:F.W. Robinson
Title:Female Life in Prison By a Prison Matron
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1862
Vol:2
Page:127-8
Additional Comments:
The book was ghost written by F.W. Robinson
Citation:
F.W. Robinson (ed.), Female Life in Prison By a Prison Matron (London, 1862), 2, p. 127-8, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=27266, accessed: 29 March 2024
Additional Comments:
None