| Evidence: | "Under his instruction - while we read together part of Voltaire's 'Charles the Twelfth' and Moliere's 'Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme' - I caught hold of such good French pronunciation as would have enabled me soon to converse very pleasantly in the language, could I have found a companion." |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1834 and 31 Dec 1836 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Lincoln | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Thomas Cooper |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 20 Mar 1805 |
| Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
| Occupation: | shoemaker |
| Religion: | Weslyan Methodist |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
French teacher |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Moliere |
| Title: | Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 378 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Thomas Cooper | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | The Life Of Thomas Cooper | |
| Place of Publication: | Leicester | |
| Date of Publication: | 1971/ 1872 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 105 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Thomas Cooper, The Life Of Thomas Cooper (Leicester, 1971/ 1872), p. 105, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=378, accessed: 30 May 2023 | |
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