Evidence: | 'As a collier [Joseph Keating]... heard a co-worker sigh, "Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate". Keating was stunned: "You are quoting Pope". "Ayh", replied his companion, "me and Pope do agree very well". Keating had himself been reading Pope, Fielding, Smollett, Goldsmith and Richardson in poorly printed paperbacks. Later he was reassigned to a less demanding job at a riverside colliery pumping station, which allowed him time to tackle Swift, Sheridan, Byron, Keats, Shelley and Thackeray'. |
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Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
Country: | Wales | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Reader: | Joseph Keating |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 1871 |
Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
Occupation: | collier |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | Wales |
Country of experience: | Wales |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Oliver Goldsmith |
Title: | n/a |
Genre: | Fiction, Drama, Poetry |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | poorly printed paperback |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 4213 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Jonathan Rose | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes | |
Place of Publication: | New Haven | |
Date of Publication: | 2001 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 241 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes (New Haven, 2001), p. 241, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=4213, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
See Joseph Keating, 'Struggle for Life', no further ref. traceable in Rose. |
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