Record Number: 29101
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'In a mill town in the late 1840's, a group of girl operatives met at five o'clock in the morning to read Shakespeare for an hour before going to work.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:unknown
Country:UK
Timemorning: 5-6 AM
Place:n/a
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:
Age:Unknown
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Labourer (non-agricultural)
Occupation:Mill worker
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:UK
Country of Experience:UK
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:n/a
Genre:Drama
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:29101
Source:Richard Altick
Editor:n/a
Title:The English Common Reader: A Social History of the Mass Reading Public, 1800-1900
Place of Publication:Columbus, OH
Date of Publication:1998
Vol:n/a
Page:243
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Richard Altick, The English Common Reader: A Social History of the Mass Reading Public, 1800-1900 (Columbus, OH, 1998), p. 243, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=29101, accessed: 19 April 2024
Additional Comments:
None