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Record 12413

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Inspection of the cells of the women in separate confinement: 'we found some working, and others reading, but none, strange to say, idling'.
Century: 1850-1899
Date: Between 1 Jan 1860 and 31 Dec 1862
Country: England
Time: evening: between 7pm and 8pm
Place: city: London
specific address: Brixton Prison
other location: in their cells
   
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:

Reading Group:prisoners in separate confinement at Brixton Prison
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Labourer (non-agricultural)
Occupation: prisoners
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: n/a
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: [unknown]
Title: [unknown]
Genre: Unknown
Form of Text: Print: Book, Serial / periodical
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: borrowed (institution library)
prison library

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 12413  
Source - Print  
  Author: Henry Mayhew
  Editor: n/a
  Title: The Criminal Prisons of London
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1862
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 195
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Henry Mayhew, The Criminal Prisons of London (London, 1862), p. 195, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12413, accessed: 29 March 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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