Record Number: 8169
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'On presenting ourselves at a little shop in the Market Place, a popular circulating library, the old spectacle-nosed keeper told us, that his invariable rule was, before boys [underlined] were entrusted with his books, to have some one as surety for the payment - he accepted my father as such, and registered my name. The old man now asked what book I would like, but being unacquainted with works of fiction, I could not tell him; he handed to us a catalogue which only made the choice more bewildering. I at length selected one, which from its title I thought would be very mysterious - it was "Splendid Misery". This I took home; it was on a Saturday evening. With the first broad light of morning, I arose and greedily devoured several chapters of the first volume.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jan 1813 and 31 Dec 1814
Country:England
Timemorning: Sunday
Place:city: Hull
location in dwelling: home
(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:25 Dec 1799
Socio-Economic Group:Labourer (non-agricultural)
Occupation:Apprentice ship builder
Religion:Methodist
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Splendid misery
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
ProvenanceBorrowed (circulating library)
Source Information:
Record ID:8169
Source:Christopher Thomson
Editor:n/a
Title:Autobiography of an artisan
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1847
Vol:n/a
Page:65
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Christopher Thomson, Autobiography of an artisan (London, 1847), p. 65, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=8169, accessed: 20 April 2024
Additional Comments:
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