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Record 3608

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Not long ago I happened to call at the railway carter, and found the wife of the man engaged in reading George Eliots' 'Adam Bede'
Century: 1900-1945
Date: Between 1 Jan 1904 and 31 Dec 1904
Country: England
Time: daytime: day
Place: location in dwelling: home
   
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:

Reader: anon
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Labourer (non-agricultural)
Occupation: wife of railway carter
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: Railway Carter's Wife

 

Text Being Read:

Author: George Eliot
Title: Adam Bede
Genre: Fiction
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 3608  
Source - Print  
  Author: Charles E.B. Russel
  Editor: n/a
  Title: Manchester Boys: sketches of Manchester lads at work and play.
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1905
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 43
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Charles E.B. Russel, Manchester Boys: sketches of Manchester lads at work and play. (London, 1905), p. 43, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=3608, accessed: 29 March 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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