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Record 3609

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
"went to church, came back, got parlour lunch, had my own dinner, sit by the fire and red (sic) the Penny magazine and opened the door when any visitors came."
Century: 1800-1849
Date: 1 Jan 1837
Country: England
Time: afternoon: pm
daytime
Place: other location: workplace
   
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:William Tayler
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Servant
Occupation: footman
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
 n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author:
Title: Penny Magazine
Genre: Essays / Criticism, Education, Ephemera, Miscellany / Anthology, Reference / General works
Form of Text: Print: Serial / periodical
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 3609  
Source - Print  
  Author: William Tayler
  Editor: Dorothy Wise
  Title: Diary of William Tayler, Footman, 1837.
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1962
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 9
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: William Tayler, Dorothy Wise (ed.), Diary of William Tayler, Footman, 1837. (London, 1962), p. 9, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=3609, accessed: 01 May 2024

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