| Evidence: | "William Carleton got the perusal of Gil Blas from a 'pedlar, who carried books about for sale, with a variety of other goods'." |
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| Century: | 1800-1849, 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | Ireland | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | William Carleton |
| Age | Unknown |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Unknown/NA |
| Occupation: | n/a |
| Religion: | Roman Catholic |
| Country of origin: | Ireland |
| Country of experience: | Ireland |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Alain-Rene Le Sage |
| Title: | Gil Blas |
| Genre: | Fiction, Unknown |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 6081 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | J. R. R. Adams | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | The Printed Word and the Common Man: Popular Culture in Ulster 1700-1900 | |
| Place of Publication: | Belfast | |
| Date of Publication: | 1987 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 29 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | J. R. R. Adams, The Printed Word and the Common Man: Popular Culture in Ulster 1700-1900 (Belfast, 1987), p. 29, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=6081, accessed: 20 April 2024 | |
| Quotation from William Carleton, The Life of William Carleton (2 vols, London, 1896) 1:125. |
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