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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

Time

n/a

Place:

other location: prison

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

anon

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:

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Title:

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (institution library)
presumably borrowed from prison library


Source Information:

Record ID:

27266

Source:

Print

Author:

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

   
   
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