| 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.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | UK | ||||||||||
| Time: | morning: 5-6 AM | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Type of Experience (Listener): |
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| 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, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | William Shakespeare |
| Title: | n/a |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 29101 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | 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: | n/a |
| 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/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=29101, accessed: 28 March 2023 | |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 27th Apr 2016 3:15pm (GMT)