Record Number: 6178

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'On Christmas day of 1756 he read seven of Tillotson's Sermons during the day and evening.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

25 Dec 1756

Country:

England

Time

morning
afternoon
evening

Place:

n/a

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Thomas Turner

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

Shopkeeper

Religion:

Anglican (?)

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

John Tillotson

Title:

Sermons

Genre:

Sermon

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

6178

Source:

Print

Author:

Naomi Tadmor

Editor:

James Raven

Title:

The practice and representation of reading in England, essay entitled 'Women, reading and household'

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

1996

Vol:

n/a

Page:

166-9.

Additional Comments:

Editors James Raven, Helen Small and Naomi Tadmor.

Citation:

Naomi Tadmor, James Raven (ed.), The practice and representation of reading in England, essay entitled 'Women, reading and household' (Cambridge, 1996), p. 166-9., http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=6178, accessed: 26 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Tadmor cites David Vaisey (ed), The Diary of Thomas Turner (Oxford, 1985) which reveals that Turner read many other works during the 1750s, including Locke, Smart, Martin's Magazine, The recruiting officer, The yeoman of Kent, Voyage into the Levant and Derham's Psycio-Theology.